Signs of the Weather (Domestic)
Anon
Genre: | Instructions, Spoof |
Subjects: | Meteorology, Prognostication, Gender, Instruments |
Explains how 'your wife's face' can be used to 'foretell the state of the weather'. For example, suggests that 'a long and dark face presages squalls; a clear and bright one, settled fair weather'. | |
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