But some people pin their hopes on weather lore, which holds that if nutshells and onion skins are thicker than usual, a cold winter is coming.
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:You may want to look at weather lore which has the version I always hear, both with sailors .-Talk 16 : 48, September 1, 2005 ( UTC)
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Local weather lore in the area suggests that when the fridges frost over and the caf?tables'corners curl upwards at the Burketown Pub, there is enough moisture in the air for the clouds to form.
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"Some weather lore has a basis in fact, and others are just old tall tales that have been developed over the years, " said Skip Ely of North Richland Hills, a former meteorologist and a full-time weather buff.
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You'll find the regional weather forecasts that have given the almanac its reputation, as well as monthly tables showing the positions and rising and setting times of the sun and moon, information on tides, religious holidays, historical dates, weather lore and proverbs.
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He devoted two major works to traditional Somali science, " The terminology and practice of Somali weather lore, astronomy, and astrology " ( 1968 ) and " Stars, seasons and weather in Somali pastoral traditions " ( 1970 ), both of which are regarded as classics in Somali studies.
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People claim to be able to predict the weather with pine-cones ( for example )-and those open and close due to humidity-not air pressure . ( Hmmm-neither pine cone nor weather lore mentions this yet it's a really common thing in the UK to see people keeping an old pine cone to predict the weather ? ! ).
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That's the kind of story that can elicit a week's worth of lightning stories from a small group sitting around waiting for some excuse to talk about the weather . ( Did I tell you about the photo I took last year of lightning striking Fort Sumter, S . C . ? ) This kind of talk inevitably results in weather lore quotes.
