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Oak and Ash
The tradition is, if the oak gets into leaf before the ash we
may expect a fine and productive year; if the ash precedes the oak in
foliage, we may anticipate a cold summer and unproductive autumn. In
the years 1816, 1817, 1821, 1823, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1838, 1840, 1845,
1850, and 1859, the ash was in leaf a full month before the oak, and
the autumns were unfavourable. In 1831, 1833, 1839, 1853, 1860, the two
species of trees came into leaf about the same time, and the years were
not remarkable either for plenty or the reverse; whereas in 1818, 1819,
1820, 1822, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1842,
1846, 1854, 1868, and 1869, the oak displayed its foliage several weeks
before the ash, and the summers of those years were dry and warm, and
the harvests abundant.
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