by Kris Wolf

Lately, we have been dealing with unusually hot weather followed by a few days of several inches of rain.  As I sit on the porch with my mother watching the sunset over the Catoctin Mountains she says, “ Red at night sailors delight, red in the morning sailors warning.”  We talked about these old wives’ tales and their origins.  Many have been passed down through generations. You have probably heard many of these tales.  Can they be proven or are they really true? I don’t know, but the weather is always a great conversation starter.

Maybe some of these tales have been passed through your family…

• When cows herd together, it’s going to rain.

• When spiders build new webs, the weather will be clear.

• If a groundhog sees his shadow on February 2, six more weeks of winter will follow.

• It’s hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk.

Whether or not these are myths or proven facts, we may never know.  Possibly you could ask an old wife.

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