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MARCH
IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION, IT GOES OUT LIKE A LAMB.
Keyword(s): ANIMAL COMPARISON ; CONTRAST. ; WEATHER.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Month PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
MARCH
IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION IT GOES OUT LIKE A LAMB.
IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LAMB IT GOES OUT LIKE A LION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): ANIMAL COMPARISON ; CONTRAST. ; WEATHER.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Month PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
WEATHER PROVERB.
JAK NA GROMNICZNEJ MROZ,
TO LADUJ CHLOPIE WOZ.
Submitter comment:
POLISH.
IF ON CANDLEMAS DAY THERE'S FROST,
MAN, START FIXING UP YOUR WAGON.
Data entry tech comment: COMMA IN SECOND LINE ADDED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
FORECAST
IF RED THE SUN BEGINS HIS RACE,
BE SURE THAT RAIN WILL FALL APACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MORNING ; RHYME. ; WEATHER.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
WEATHER PROVERB
IF THE SUN SET IS RED,
THEN ALOT DAY WILL FOLLOW
ON THE MORN
Submitter comment: NONE
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: 09-24-1969
WEATHER BELIEF
IF THE SUNSET SINKS INTO A RED BAG IT WILL BE WINDY AND STORMY.
Submitter comment: TORGL, SHIRLEY
Where learned: HUNGARY
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
IF THE SUN SHINES WHEN IT RAINS, IT WILL RAN SOMETIME DURING
THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment: NONE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | 800 |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
IF YOU SEE ENOUGH BLUE IN THE SKY TO PATCH A HOLE IN A MAN'S PANTS,
THEN, THE WEATHER IS GOING TO CLEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
BLACK-AMERICAN BELIEF
COWS COMING HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY
ARE A SIGN OF A BAD STORM.
Submitter comment: HEARD AS A CHILD ON GRANDMOTHER'S FARM.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 09-15-1985
BLACK-AMERICAN BELIEF
IF IT THUNDERS ON A CERTAIN DAY IN
FEBRUARY, THERE WILL BE FROST ON
THAT SAME DAY IN MAY.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- FO20 BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
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
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 {???}