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IF A DONKEY'S EARS ARE UP, IT WON'T RAIN.
IF A DONKEY'S EARS ARE OUT, IT WILL BE CLOUDY.
IF A DONKEY'S EARS ARE DOWN, IT WILL POUR DOWN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ASS
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU KILL A SPIDER, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: 06-00-1972
HARD WINTER--THE CLOSER A HORNET'S NEST IS TO GROUND, THE
HARDER THE WINTER WILL BE.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY DR. MORRELL, BIOLOGY TEACHER AT PEABODY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; DIXON
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THICKNESS OF FUR ON RABBITS AND SQUIRRELS WILL SHOW HOW
HARD THE WINTER WILL BE.
Submitter comment: THIS BELIEF WAS TOLD TO ME BY DR. MORRELL, BIOLOGY TEACHER AT
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; DIXON
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF COWS BELLOW IN THE EVENING, IT IS A SURE SIGN OF SNOW
BEFORE MORNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRADFORD
Date learned: 07-00-1968
IF A TREE FROG HOLLERS, IT WILL SOON RAIN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
Date learned: 06-18-1972
THERE WILL BE NO RAIN AT NIGHT IF A WHIP-O-WILL CALLS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ALBERTVILLE
Keyword(s): WHIP-OR-WILL WHIPORWHILL
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IF THE WINTER IS TO BE BAD, THE FUR ON THE ANIMALS, EVEN A
NORMALLY SLEEK ONE, WILL BECOME LONGER AND SHAGGIER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 07-06-1972
IF YOU KILL A SNAKE AND HANG IT ON A FENCE, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
IF THE CATERPILLARS ARE REAL FURRY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A
HARD WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 06-29-1970
THERE IS A BELIEF AMONG THE RURAL PEOPLE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
TENNESSEE THAT IF A SNAPPING TURTLE BITES YOU IT WON'T LET
GO UNTIL IT THUNDERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLARKSVILLE ; MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IF YOU HEAR A ROBIN HOLLER, THAT'S A SIGN OF RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 07-03-1970
THE FLYING OF WILD GEESE TOWARDS THE SOUTH MEANS THAT COLD
WEATHER IS COMING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; HOPKINSVILLE
Date learned: 04-03-1972
WHEN YOU SEE THE FIRST ROBIN, THEN SPRING HAS COME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 04-03-1972
IF YOU KILL A SPIDER, THEN RAINS WILL COME SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 04-03-1972
IF YOU SEE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TREE LEAVES (IN THE WIND) IT
WILL RAIN SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 04-20-1977
WHEN YOU SEE ANTS BUILDING UP THEIR ANTHILLS, IT WILL RAIN SOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 05-07-1972
IF THE SPIDERWEBS ARE THIN, IT WILL BE A LIGHT WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
IF A WOOLY CATERPILLER (THE KIND HAVING A BLACK BAND WITH A RED
BAND ON EITHER SIDE) HAS A THICK, BLACK BAND, IT WILL BE A
HEAVY WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 05-05-1972
IF YOU FIND A WOOLY CATERPILLER CRAWLING NORTH ON THE HIGHWAY
IT WILL BE A LIGHT WINTER; IF IT IS CRAWLING SOUTH, IT WILL
BE A HEAVY WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 05-05-1972