Weather lore is the body of informal folklore related to the prediction of the weather and its greater meaning. Much like regular folklore, weather lore...

special meal would be had, and the day was traditionally linked with weather lore. Although many of its traditions died out in the 20th century, it is...

Seven Sleepers as well as one of the best-known bits of traditional weather lore (expressed as a proverb) remaining in German-speaking Europe. The atmospheric...

needed] However, as fruit production for a given summer is related to weather conditions the previous summer, with warm, dry summers increasing the amount...

Earthquake weather is a type of weather popularly believed to precede earthquakes. Since ancient times, the notion that weather can somehow foreshadow...

Christmas for several Canadian cities. The year 2006 saw some of the warmest weather on record, with such places as Quebec City experiencing their first green...

The weather rock or weather stone is a humorous display that pokes fun at the intricate technology used in modern weather forecasts, as well as the fact...

seeing its shadow and the subsequent arrival time of spring-like weather. The weather lore was brought from German-speaking areas where the badger (German:...

and threatening." Diffraction Sunrise Sailors' superstitions Weather lore Kentucky Weather, by Jerry D. Hill, 2005, p.139, web: Books-Google-ikC "GuideLines...

Later, Theophrastus compiled a book on weather forecasting, called the Book of Signs. Chinese weather prediction lore extends at least as far back as 300 BC...

A weather house is a folk art device in the shape of a small German or Alpine chalet that indicates the weather. A typical weather house has two doors...

effect of weather on the fire. Wildfire severity results from a combination of factors such as available fuels, physical setting, and weather. Climatic...

The terminology and practice of Somali weather lore, astronomy, and astrology (1968) Stars, seasons and weather in Somali pastoral traditions (1970) Osman...

June Gloom is a mainly Southern California term for a weather pattern that results in cloudy, overcast skies with cool temperatures during the late spring...

involved repeated dampening of cloth in the sun – quite fitting for the weather phenomenon. Otherwise, idioms refer to witches. "The witches are dancing"...

Atmospheric optical phenomena like halos were part of weather lore, which was an empirical means of weather forecasting before meteorology was developed. They...

Svithun” after him. The name of Swithun is best known today for a British weather lore proverb, which says that if it rains on St. Swithun's day, 15 July, it...

temperatures will remain below freezing. The January thaw is believed to be a weather singularity. A possible physical mechanism for such phenomena was offered...

St Medardus' Day, it rains for forty days more). In Czech, the same weather lore is also found, "Medardovˇe kápˇe, 40 dní kape." Every year at Salency...

long-recognized phenomenon. Other phrases in weather lore take mackerel skies as a sign of changeable weather. Examples include "Mackerel sky, mackerel sky...

Coronet. 42 (3). Brian Haughton (2011). Famous Ghost Stories: Legends and Lore. The Rosen Publishing Group. pp. 157–. ISBN 978-1448848409. Dunning, Brian...

lore jokes (German: Bauernregeln Witze, lustige Bauernregeln) is a category of German humour. They are a parody of the weather lore, or farmers' lore...

indicates the winter weather, with the caterpillar crawling south to escape colder weather. There is no scientific evidence for winter weather prediction by...

Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing. Ember days, certain days in Latin liturgy used in northern Spanish weather lore in a similar way to cabañuelas....

In medieval lore, Tempestarii (or Tempestarius (singular)) were weather-making magicians who dwelt among the common people and possessed the power to...

The Hessdalen lights are unidentified lights which have been observed in a 12-kilometre-long (7.5 mi) stretch of the Hessdalen valley in rural central...

A volcanic eruption occurs when material is expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure. Several types of volcanic eruptions have been distinguished by volcanologists...

are indicative of fair weather for the near future. The use of sky cover in weather prediction has led to various weather lore over the centuries. Within...

separately: The Wednesday weather predicts the weather for the first month; the Friday weather for the second month and the Saturday weather for the third month...

brief spell of colder weather in many years, including the last nightly frosts of the spring. Pupils of Galileo confirmed this weather pattern for the years...