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IF THE SKY IS PINK WITH THE RISING SUN, PREPARE
FOR BAD WEATHER.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
IF THE SUN RISES RED, IT IS SURE TO RAIN.
RED SKY IN THE MORNING--SAILOR'S WARNING.
RED SKY AT NIGHT--SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLD WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 06-13-1970
IF YOU WASH A CAR, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; KANSAS CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00001950'S
THE NUMBER OF FOGS IN AUGUST EQUALS THE NUMBER OF SNOWS
THAT WILL FALL THAT WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
Date learned: 03-29-1969
IF YOU SNACK A LOT, IT WILL RAIN AT YOUR WEDDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 04-22-1969
WHEN PATCHES OF SNOW REMAIN, IT IS USUALLY WAITING FOR MORE
TO FALL.
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
THUNDER BEFORE SEVEN, RAIN BEFORE ELEVEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
SUNSET BEHIND A BANK OF CLOUDS ON SUNDAY NIGHT MEANS IT WILL
RAIN BEFORE WEDNESDAY. IF THE SUN SETS BEHIND A BANK OF
CLOUDS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, IT WILL RAIN BEFORE SUNDAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
RAIN BEFORE SEVEN, STOP BEFORE ELEVEN. IF IT DOESN'T STOP
BY ELEVEN, IT WILL RAIN ALL DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
ANN: TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW THE OTHER DAY.
BRUCE: SIM KILLED A SMALL COPPERHEAD THE OTHER DAY AND HE
SAID IT WOULDN'T DIE UNTIL SUNSET. HE ALSO SAID, TO HANG A
SNAKE ON THE FENCE AND IT WILL RAIN. AND HE SAID IT IN
JOKING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Date learned: 07-25-1968
LIGHTNING COMES IN ON THE WIND, SO BE SURE TO CLOSE
THE WINDOW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
IF YOU PREFER SUNRISES TO SUNSETS, YOU ARE A DREAMER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
IF YOU BACK UP TO A FIRE IN THE WINTER, IT WILL SNOW.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TOLD OF INCIDENT WHEN THIS REALLY WORKED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Other matter not of solid form |
Date learned: 06-19-1972
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 IT RAINS AND THE SUN IS SHINING, YOU CAN BE SURE IT
WILL RAIN AGAIN TOMORROW AT THE SAME TIME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 06-22-1972
IT ALWAYS HAS TO SNOW ON THE BUTTERCUPS.
Submitter comment: OVERHEARD IN THE GROCERY WHEN TWO WOMEN WERE DISCUSSING
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through A time segment or a direction BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
NUMBER OF FOGS IN AUGUST (EQUALS) THE NUMBER OF SNOWS IN
WINTER.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY DR. MORREL, BIOLOGY TEACHER AT PEABODY
Where learned: BUFFALO ; TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through A time segment or a direction BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IT RAINS ON ST. SWITHIN'S DAY, IT WILL RAIN FOR NEXT
FORTY DAYS.
LEARNED WHILE GROWING UP IN WALES, IT IS TOLD AND COMMENTED ON,
BUT IF IT COMES TRUE IT IS HELD TO BE A COINCIDENCE.
Where learned: WALES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 15 BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through A time segment or a direction BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE WATER IN A GOLD FISH BOWL LOOKS LIKE IT CONTAINS A
LOT OF AIR, THERE WILL BE A STORM WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
FOR EVERY THUNDERSTORM IN AUGUST, THERE WILL BE A DAY OF
SNOW IN WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 04-20-1972