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BLACK AMERICAN
WHEN A REDBIRD SAYS "WET, WET", A HEAVY
RAIN IS EXPECTED.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Mt. Lemon in Tucson, Arizona is said to have the Red God of
Fire. This is a creature which walks the mountain whenever
heat lightning strikes the mountain in the form of red
lightning.
Submitter comment:
A silly myth, of course everybody knows that light cannot
walk. The short story was still imaginative and somewhat
interesting.
Where learned: Arizona ; Tucson
Keyword(s): Tall, Weather
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- P428 BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Fire BELIEF -- Formation |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
A warm sunny day makes aches and pains go away.
A walk in the rain brings them back again.
Submitter comment:
He made this up on one of his many walks in the
sun and rain.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; DelRay Beach
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Observation Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
PROVERB
IT RAINED LIKE A COW PISSING ON A FLAT ROCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-30-1972
PROVERB
RAINING CATS AND DOGS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-24-1970
PROVERB
RED IN THE MORNING SAILORS TAKE WARNING RED AT NIGHT
SAIILORS DELIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-09-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
IT NEVER RAINS BUT WHAT IT POURS.
WHEN TROUBLE COMES - IT COMES IN BUNCHES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2154 DICKERSON ; 48215
Keyword(s): WEATHER MISFORTUNE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
IT'S RAINING CATS AND DOGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
IT'S COLDER THAN A BRASS TOILET IN THE YUCON.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S COMMENT ON COLD WEATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NO GOOD.
Keyword(s): WEATHER SAILING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: ANYTIME {???}
PROVERB
MORNING GREY AND EVENING RED,
BRINGS DOWN RAIN ON SAILOR'S HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
SAYING
THAT'S A STORM THAT WILL CURDLE MILK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS SAYING WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD (1920'S),
BUT DOES NOT USE IT NOW, JUST HAPPENED TO REMEMBER IT.
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH ; 15207 ; 1579 ANDERSON RD
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
THERE ARE BLESSINGS IN THE RAIN.
REGEN BRINGT SEGEN. {GERMAN}
Submitter comment:
(IN THE SENSE THAT RAIN MAY BRING DISCOMFORT BUT IT
HELPS FLOWERS TO BLOOM, ETC.)
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
POLISH PROVERBS
TO THOSE WHO RISE EARLY, GOD GIVES THE DAY. {AND}
FROM A BIG CLOUD LITTLE RAINS FALL.
Submitter comment:
KTO RANO STAJE TEMN PAN BOG DAJE.
Z DUZY CHMNNY MALY DESZCZ.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER SLEEP ; {IT'S NOT MY FAULT THERE ARE TWO ON ONE CARD.}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
A WARM JANUARY, A COLD MAY
Where learned: 23950 CUNNINGHAM
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V890 |
Date learned: 00001940S
A WET MAY, A WARM JUNE.
Where learned: 23950 CUNNINGHAM
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
A WET ST. BARBARA'S DAY MEANS AN ICY CHRISTMAS.
Submitter comment:
POLISH: SWIETEJ BARBARY P WODZIE,
BOZE NARODZENIE PO LODZIE.
THIS REFERS TO THE BELIEF THAT ONE CAN PREDICT CHRISTMAS
WEATHER BY THE KIND ON THE FEAST OF ST. BARBARA.
I KNOW THIS FROM HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
WEATHER BELIEF
WHEN A COLD WATER PIPE SWEATS, IT WILL RAIN WITHIN
TWENTY FOUR HOURS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PLUMBING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
WHEN CLOUDS APPEAR LIKE ROCKS AND TOWERS
THE EARTH'S REFRESHED BY FREQUENT SHOWERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER RAIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
JOKE
IN ST. CROIX, VIRGIN ISLANDS, THE WEATHER NEVER CHANGES. IT'S
SUNNY AND WARM FROM JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER. THUS WHEN
SOMEONE FROM THE STATES WRITES OR ASKS OVER THE PHONE "HOW'S
THE WEATHER DOWN THERE?" THE VIRGIN ISLANDER ANSWERS
"IT'S PRETTY GOOD, BUT YOU KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD TOO MUCH
SNOW THIS YEAR."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1971