[Scientific humanism is] the only worldview compatible with science's growing knowledge of the real world and the laws of nature.

Meaning: April’s wind is pictured as a horn announcing favourable conditions for hay and corn. The saying links an early-season sign with a hoped-for later yield.

Meaning: The saying takes a fair, clear twenty-fourth of August as grounds for hope about the coming autumn. One day is made a sign of a much longer period.

Meaning: The saying uses a sloe tree’s white blossom as a cue to sow barley. It gives a visible plant sign priority over whether the immediate weather is dry or wet.

Meaning: The saying calls barley straw good fodder when the cow gives water. It connects a judgment of feed with an unusual description of the animal’s output.