Speaking of superstitions: it rained in Charlotte last night, which is not unusual, but the front was accompanied by thunder and lightning, which is somewhat unusual so early in the year. Later in the year, the Piedmont Plateau has a very high incident of lightning strikes. However, to the point: I thought last night when the lightning was being displayed of a saying that my grandmother used to say when it lightninged so early in the year; but I could not think of the entire piece. It went: "Lightning before...." The rest remained in the *cloud* of the *fog.* Anyone help?