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WHEN WATCHING THE WEATHER ON THE NEWS I HEARD THE
WEATHERMAN SAY THAT "WHEN FLIES BITE IT IS GOING
TO RAIN VERY SOON."

Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER TOLD THIS TO ME WHEN I WAS YOUNGER
AND BEING BITTEN ALIVE BY FLIES--I DON'T REMEMBER
IF IT RAINED OR NOT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Insect
BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew

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