Foreshows

Weather lore expert Thomas Willsford, writing in the 17th century, was one of the first people to record this phenomenon: "When on a sudden they do forsake the valleys and low grounds, it foreshows a flood near at hand." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Lanthadran park in Cornwall, which foreshows as much. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They all fell to predicting the usual disasters — war, famine, and pestilence, — it being still an article of Moslem belief that the Dread Star foreshows all manner of calamities. ❋ Unknown (2003)

He recommended Isaiah the prophet; and I believe it was because Isaiah foreshows more clearly than others the gospel, and the calling of the ❋ 345-430 (1955)

-- The return of an absent friend after a long absence; if it is running, a journey is indicated; a dead hare foreshows money acquired through industry. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)

-- This foreshows news of disturbance in India or news of a personal nature which will cause anxiety. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)

-- This predicts that you will take a small risk and achieve a great success; to lovers, it foreshows a quarrel and possibly a broken engagement. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)

The figure of the man fishing from a rock foreshows the arrival of a visitor, who will have some pleasant news to tell. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)

The substitution of the priest or preacher in the place of the husband or guardian, presupposes or foreshows a subversion more or less of the most essential relations of family life. ❋ Various (N/A)

-- This foreshows a time of pleasure and a time of pain. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)

-- A symbol of luck, presents, success in new work or enterprise; sometimes it foreshows the arrival of a visitor. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)

The spray of poppies on the circle beneath the handle foreshows that a pleasant experience may be expected in the summer. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)

-- This sign must be read in connection with other symbols; sometimes it foreshows grief and mourning, or if dots are round it, that a sum of money or a legacy may be expected from a widow. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)

-- This is an unpleasant indication that ugly rumours and scandal will be spread about you or yours; sometimes public notoriety; with other signs, it foreshows grief and pain. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)

-- This foreshows indisposition or a small illness, sometimes disturbed nights or emergencies. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)

-- This denotes misfortune, bad luck; if it is crooked or bending it foreshows a coming disaster or crushing blow to your hope. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)

-- An open box foreshows a troubled love affair; a closed box, that you will find something which you had lost. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)

-- This is symbolic of the wheel of fortune and foreshows a prosperous career or an inheritance of wealth; a broken wheel predicts a bad disappointment as to an expected increase of income or a legacy. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)

-- This animal foreshows triumph over adverse circumstances or an evil report; two leopards, fortune and misfortune following each other in quick succession. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)

The child playing with its toys foreshows future pleasant plans which will result in tranquillity and satisfaction. ❋ Cicely Kent (N/A)