Old Sayings
My grandpa had bunches of 'old sayings' but the two that stuck with me, and have proven to be fairly true, are:
"You won't get much rain when the sliver of the moon looks like a bowl. You'll get more rain when the sliver of the moon is tilted so the rain can spill out."
"You're going to have a longer winter when the pine trees have more cones on them in the fall. Less new pinecones, shorter milder winter."