Appalachian states, such as Kentucky, have a rich heritage and culture that.
contain a mixture of fictitious stories, fables, and true tells. These tells have been.
passed down for several generations. Some of the fictitious and true tells are.
sayings that teach certain meanings and things to do and not to do to "protect".
and educate oneself with. These sayings are known as superstitions and are.
divided into three main categories. These categories are: weather and good luck,.
along with bad luck. .
Weather.
Many of the Appalachian people found or invented these weather.
superstitions through the use of almanacs and personal experience. They would.
observe changes in weather or crops and also find or observe what they thought.
could be the causes of these changes. A poem that illustrates three of the weather superstitions is the following:.
Red sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky in morning, sailor take warning!.
The darker and furrier that a woolly worm is, the worse the winter will be.
If the sun shines while it is raining, it will rain same time tomorrow!.
These superstitions express signs found in nature that they believe affect and predict what the weather will be. Several superstitions cover the chances of rain, such as the following that conclude that it will rain if:.
within three days the horns of the moon point down,.
leaves show their backs,.
cows are lying down in the pasture, .
there is a ring around the moon, .
within three days, if you see a black snake in a tree,.
an ant covers the hole to his ant hill, .
smoke goes to the ground, .
or if earthworms come to the surface of the ground. .
These superstitions came from observing when it rained and doing the.
above mentioned events to determine if it rained after these projects. If it did, they came to believe that these events caused the rain or showed when it would rain.
Other weather superstitions suggest the following:.
It will be Fair Weather if: .
You hear a screech owl,.
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