Mr. R.I.N.G. said:Isn't there a saying:
"Red moon at night
sailor's delight;
Red moon in morning
saliors take warning"
?
Got a reference for that statistic?Mythopoeika said:I don't think there's truly anything in it - given the fact that the chances of being correct are 50%, I guess a lot of old farmers and sailors may have fooled themselves into thinking there was a correlation.
Mythopoeika said:I don't think there's truly anything in it - given the fact that the chances of being correct are 50%, I guess a lot of old farmers and sailors may have fooled themselves into thinking there was a correlation.
Sorry.
2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
(Standard King James Version)
rynner2 said:Got a reference for that statistic?Mythopoeika said:I don't think there's truly anything in it - given the fact that the chances of being correct are 50%, I guess a lot of old farmers and sailors may have fooled themselves into thinking there was a correlation.
You realise that 66% of statistics are made up on the spot?
OK, that's probably an overinterpretation too far, but suddenly the obvious meaning of the proverb has been 'subverted'.
gncxx said:Is the same condition that causes a red sky the same that causes good or bad weather depending on what end of the night it's at? Because you would have thought red sunset or sunrise were pretty much the same, only the sun is going in opposite directions.
gncxx said:I see. Does that mean in the southern hemisphere the saying goes "Red sky at night, shepherd's warning, red sky in the morning, shepherd's delight"?
EnolaGaia said:gncxx said:I see. Does that mean in the southern hemisphere the saying goes "Red sky at night, shepherd's warning, red sky in the morning, shepherd's delight"?
I don't recall ever seeing mention of whether (or how ...) any similar weather folklore arose in the southern hemisphere.
Cochise said:Because the sheep don't care about bad weather, it doesn't mean the shepherd doesn't.
Quite apart from personal discomfort, sheep are harder to find and look after in a lashing rainstorm, especially on hill farms and the like.
I've heard this, too. I seem to recall both versions, not entirely sure which was more common.cherrybomb said:Sailor's delight is what I was told it was as a kid.