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FORECASTING WINTER
ACCORDING TO INFORMANT, IF ACORN TREES PRODUCE AN ABUNDANCE OF ACORNS
ONE CAN EXPECT A LONG HARD WINTER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): OAK TREES PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
IF THE CORN IS NOT KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY IT WILL BE
A BAD YEAR FOR CORN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
Date learned: 10-01-1972
LEAF BELIEF
IF THE LEAVES TURN UP, AND UNDER, IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Submitter comment:
IT USUALLY DOES RAIN IF THIS HAPPENS. IT IS A VERY GOOD
SIGN FOR PREDICTING RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEF ; PLANT
| Subject headings: | 46O BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
WEATHER PROVERB
ONION'S SKIN VERY THIN
MILD WINTER COMING IN
ONION'S SKIN THICK AND TOUGH
COMING WINTER COLD AND ROUGH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): PREDICTION ; SYMBOL ; VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THICKNESS OF SHUCKS ON CORN COBS--HARD WINTER.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY DR. MORRELL, BIOLOGY TEACHER AT PEABODY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; DIXON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEATHER PREDICTION--THICKNESS OF OUTSIDE SKIN OF ONION.
Submitter comment: THIS BELIEF IS STILL HELD. PEOPLE WILL SEND IN THEIR
Where learned: BUFFALO ; TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE WINTER IS TO BE BAD, THE NUTS IN THE FALL WILL BE
LARGER, WITH A THICKER SHELL, AND THERE WILL BE MORE OF THEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 07-06-1972
YOU CAN TELL HOW COLD THE WINTER IS GOING TO BE BY CHECKING
HOW THICK THE PUSSY-WILLOW BARK IS AFTER THE FIRST FROST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 08-05-1968
IF THE CORN SILKS ARE THICK DURING THE YEAR, THEN A HEAVY
WINTER IS IN STORE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 06-26-1970
WHEN LARGE DEAD LIMBS FALL OUT OF THE TREES WHEN THE WIND IS
NOT BLOWING, IT IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
IF THE CORN EARS STAND UP, IT WILL BE A MILD WINTER; IF
THEY TURN DOWN, IT WILL BE A HARD WINTER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
IF YOU HAVE A BIG WALNUT CROP, THAT MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO
HAVE A HARD WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
WHEN IT'S WINDY AND THE LEAVES ARE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, SHOWING
THEIR UNDERSIDE, THEN IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 06-26-1970
IN THE WINTERTIME, IF THE BARE BRANCHES OF TREES LOOK GRAY, IT
MEANS COLD WEATHER, USUALLY SNOW.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A GROUND HOG SEES HIS SHADOW, WE WILL HAVE SIX MORE WEEKS
OF COLD WEATHER.
Data entry tech comment: ON GROUNDHOG'S DAY, PRESUMABLY.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; MONTGOMERY
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE MOON INFLUENCES THE GROWTH OF CROPS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 07-29-1968
WHEN YOU HEAR A BIG BRANCH OF A TREE FALL IN THE WOODS ON A
STILL DAY, (IT) IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
REDHEADED WOODPECKER DRUMMING ON A HARD LIMB IS A SIGN OF
CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.
Where learned: CENTERVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF THERE IS A HEAVY SHUCK ON THE EAR OF CORN, THERE WILL BE
A HARD WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEAVES SHOW, IT IS A SIGN OF RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-26-1968