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Folk Facts and Fancies
Remember hearing, "Feed a cold, starve a fever"? How about, "Red sky at night, sailor's delight"? These are classic folk beliefs in Canada. But folklore is not limited to North America or to recent times. People have been passing on folk remedies and ways to foretell the weather since the dawn of civilization. Do you have a favourite folk tale? Share it with us in our latest online survey!
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joe
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Tuesday, March 23, 2004
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Growing up in New England was always with the
thought..."Wait a minute the weather will change."
As a result, from Late September with the first
frost until to late April, the woolies and storm
rubbers over my shoes I was made to wear; even on
bright sunny days. It was claimed that I'd be
kept warmer. Of course, it did nothing for me in
terms of promoting an upcoming fashion...warm
clothing and rubbers were for geaks. How I hated
to hear: "Joe, you got your coat and rubbers on?" |
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Erb, M.J.
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Thursday, May 01, 2003
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My husband's family had a farm in Sussex, NB.
This is one of the little sayings that the family
used. "When the fog is in the holler (hollow)
It brings the horses to the collar.
When the fog is in the hills
It brings the water to the mills." In other words, when the morning fog is low, it
was going to be a nice day and they could work
their horses.
When the morning fog was high in the hills, it
was a sign of rain to come.
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Danica
Submitted:
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
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I work for a company that produces Child ID
cards, and when we send the cards out, they
come in a wallet. My boss has asked us to
include a penney in these wallets...said he
heard it before, and when doing a search the
only place I found something was on a
comment on your site....I was wondering if you
might know anything else about the origin of
where this comes from. Thanks! |
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Gerry Villeneuve
Submitted:
Monday, December 16, 2002
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My mother-in-law, who is from Holland ,says "if
you see "Hammerslak"(cirrocumulos clouds) in the
sky it will rain within three days." This rule
seems to hold pretty true in Alberta.
Cirrocumulos clouds are very high bumpy clouds
that seem to arranged like buns in a bun pan. |
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Ingrid Dunbrook
Submitted:
Saturday, December 14, 2002
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'Big snow=little snow' is known to me as:
Little flake = Big snow----Big flake = Little snow
This was said to be a Native wisdom. Surely looks
like it's holding true again this season.
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lynda Parsons
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Friday, December 06, 2002
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'an apple a day keeps the doctor away' appears to
be more and more true as we find from medical
research. My family were farmers and always
stored their apples in wooden barrels with straw
and then sealed the barrels with wooden lids.
They knew it was worth the effort to have fresh
apples for part of the winter according to my
grandfather. |
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