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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
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
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V890 |
Date learned: 00001940S
A WET MAY, A WARM JUNE.
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
RIDDLE
WHY CAN'T IT RAIN FOR TWO DAYS IN A ROW?
-- THERE IS ALWAYS A NIGHT IN BETWEEN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): WEATHER TIME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
Belief: Weather
Red Sky in morning, sailors take warning, Red sky in evening, sailors' delight.
Submitter comment:
Believed-Usually holds true in our area.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P890 880 800] crossed out and replaced with C880.462
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
James Callow Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | -- .C860462 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Belief: Weather
RED SKY IN NIGHTM SAILOR'S DELIGHT;
RED SKY IN MORNING, SAILOR'S TAKE WARNING.
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE MEANS-IT WILL BE BREEZY, AND CLEAR TOMMORROW IF THE SKY
IS RED AT SUNSET, AND THE DAY WILL BE OVERCAST AND UNPREDICTABLE
IF THE MORNING SKY IS RED.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MAYFIELD
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001970S
Belief: Weather
RED SKY AT NIGHT, SAILORS DELIGHT,
RED SKY IN MORNING, SAILORS TAKE WARNING.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Belief: Weather
RED SKY AT NIGHT SAILOR'S DELIGHT. RED SKY IN MORNING, SAILORS
TAKE WARNING.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
Belief: Weather
RED SKY IN MORNING, SAILOR'S WARNING
RED SKY AT NIGHT, SAILOR'S DELIGHT
Submitter comment:
TAUGHT TO ME WHEN I WAS A KID.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
Date learned: 11-23-1979
Belief: Weather
RED SKY IN MORNING,
SAILORS TAKE WARNING.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
Belief: Weather
A RED SKY AT NIGHT
IS A SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
A RED SKY IN MORNING
MAKES A SAILOR TAKE WARNING.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TAUGHT TO ME BY MY MOTHER. I HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS USUALLY
TRUE.
COLOR
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Ortonville
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Belief: Weather
RED SKY IN MORNING,
SAILORS TAKE WARNING.
RED SKY AT NIGHT,
SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | -- .C860462 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
Belief: Weather
RED SKY IN MORNING, SAILORS TAKE WARNING.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.890 BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 09-17-1973