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A white ring around the moon means rain or snow. Old Wives Tales About Treating Colds and Flus.
I couple of old wives tales that Ive grown up with.
Old wives tales about rain. Some old wives tales could help predict the weather. A red sky in the morning could warn of coming storms according to meteorologists and an old wives tale. Red sky at night sailors.
Im fascinated by old wives tales about the weather and try to write them down whenever I hear a new one. If the first snow of the season melts all the following snows will melt before it snows again. Wind out of the south for three days means it will rain on the fourth.
When the first cicada of the summer sings that means there will be a frost in 6 weeks. If the electric wires hum there will be a lightning storm. Thunder in February means there will be frost in May another version says April.
If the wind spreads a chickens tail feathers its going to rain. A white ring around the moon means rain or snow. Old Wives Tales About Treating Colds and Flus.
Mix together a hot toddy or 1 Tbsp of honey 1 Tbsp lemon and 1 Tbsp whiskey to treat a cold or flu. At the very least theres vitamin C in lemon juice Another version of the hot toddy calls for a teaspoon 1 Tbsp of honey and about 4-6 drops of eucalyptus in warm water. Even though the majority of us say that we are not superstitious we avoid walking under ladders and practicing other superstituous behavior.
Is it just tradition or is there something to some of these old wives tales. Below are 11 sayings for good luck in your home come from The Old Farmers Almanac folklore archives. Scatter Solomons seal on the floor to banish serpents and.
I couple of old wives tales that Ive grown up with. 1 When the wind blows the tree leaves such that they turn over there is a storm aproaching 2 When the cows are laying down in the field it will likely rain. If there is dew in the grass in the morning chances are it wont rain that day.
Three dewless morns rain is for sure. Dew before midnight next morn will be bright. If you make a fire outside and the smoke goes straight up you will have good weather.
If the smoke curls and wisps then rain is. Cold and Flu Old Wives Tales Debunked. The truth about how to prevent and recover from winter illness.
By LAUREN GELMAN and MEGAN OTHERSEN GORMANPrevention November 4. Old wives tales. Folklore prediction that rain follows full and new moons may have some truth.
The Zuni Indians thought a red moon brought water. Seventeenth-century English farmers believed in a dripping moon which supplied rain depending on whether its crescent was tilted up or down. A ring around a winter moon means snow.
Winter thunder means snow within 10 days. Squirrels nesting in dead trees instead of making nests of leaves means a harsh winter. If you kill a spider indoors it will bring rain.
This familiar old wives tale has been corroborated by science. Hot soup has been used as a cold remedy since at least the 12th century. And according to the National Institutes of Health NIH it really can help open congested sinuses and ease the inflammation associated with the flu and the common cold.
Might be rain on the way. Out of curiosity which wives tales involved birds. More relevant to our purposes included in many of those observations were birds.
For example an old wives tale states that if birds feed during a storm the rain will continue for a long time but if they dont then the rain will end fairly quickly. Feb 11 2021 - Explore Tammy Dolls board OLD WIVES TALES followed by 683 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about wives tales old wives tale old wife.