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IF BEAN HULLS ARE THICKER AND CORN HUSKS ARE THICKER THAN USUAL THAN IT GOING TO BE A BAD WINTER.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

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IF A GROUNDHOG SEES HIS SHADOW ON GROUNDHOG DAY, THERE WILL BE SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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IF A SOW STARTS GATHERING LEAVES FOR A BED IT MEANS BAD WEATHER IS COMING.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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GEESE FLYING SOUTH MEANS WINTER IS COMING.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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GEESE FLYING NORTH MEANS SPRING IS COMING.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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SEE A ROBIN IN THE WINTER MEANS SPRING IS COMING.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES A CRICKET SINGS IN FIFTEEN SECONDS AND ADD THIRTY-SEVEN TO THIS TO GET THE TEMPERATURE.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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IF IT RAINS THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH, IT WILL RAIN THE REST OF THE MONTH.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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RED SKY

RED SKY IN THE MORNING,
SAILORS TAKE WARNING.
RED SKY AT NIGHT,
SAILORS' DELIGHT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 08-01-1968

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BELIEF

THERE WILL BE A BIG CHANGE IN WEATHER WHEN THE TELEPHONE POLES AND LINES BEGIN TO BUZZ.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

 

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 03-28-1972

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DEWBERRY WINTER

DEWBERRY WINTER--THE SECOND COOL SPELL OF SPRING; APPROXIMATELY THE TIME THAT THE DEWBERRIES START APPEARING ON THE GROUND.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

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DOGWOOD WINTER

DOGWOOD WINTER--THE FIRST COOL SPELL OF SPRING;  APPROXIMATELY WHEN THE DOGWOOD TREES BLOOM.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 04-15-1972

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BLACKBERRY WINTER

BLACKBERRY WINTER--THE THIRD COOL SPELL OF SPRING; APPROXIMATELY THE TIME THAT BLACKBERRIES APPEAR.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 04-15-1972

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WHIPPERWHILL WINTER

WHIPPERWHILL [SIC; WHIP-POOR-WILL] WINTER--THE FOURTH COOL SPELL OF WINTER AND USUALLY THE LAST;  APPEARS WHEN THE WHIPPERWHILLS BEGIN SINGING.

Data entry tech comment:

Correct spelling is whip-poor-will.


 

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 04-15-1972

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BELIEF

IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION, IT WILL GO OUT LIKE A LAMB.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

James Callow comment:


 

 

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 04-02-1972

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BELIEF

IF THE SUN SETS CLEAR ON FRIDAY, IT WILL STORM BEFORE MONDAY NIGHT.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

 

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 04-02-1972

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BELIEF

THE TWELVE DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS INDICATE THE WEATHER FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTH. EACH DAY IN ORDER SHOWS THE WEATHER FOR ONE MONTH.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

 

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

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BELIEF

WHEN FARM ANIMALS ARE UNUSUALLY FRISKY, IT IS A SIGN OF RAIN.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

 

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 04-16-1972

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BELIEF

IF SOME NIGHT YOU HEAR A CRICKET CHIRPING IN THE HOUSE, LOOK FOR COLD WEATHER SOON.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

 

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 04-02-1972

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ACHING TOES AND BONES

THIS WAS TOLD TO SISTER MARY ANTHONY BARR BY A NEGRO GRADUATE
STUDENT: IF YOUR TOES ACHES OR YOUR BONES ACHE IT WILL RAIN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 00001965 SUMMER

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