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Various Aphorisms

Those found at Parenzana 2013

Those found & collated at Adhocracy 2014

Animals in weather folklore

Plants in Weather Lore

Indigenous Weather Lore

“Indigenous Australians have long held their own seasonal calendars based on the local sequence of natural events. To the right is a map of Australia with hyperlinks to the corresponding seasonal calendars for given regions.” http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/index.shtml

Brambuk - Winter June to late July

Local South Australian fishing proverbs

Nursery Rhymes - Weather

Winter

Red sky at night is a shepherds delight, red sky in the morning is a shepherds warning

Red glow at dusk is an indication that the next day will be fine and sunny. While red at dawn indicates stormy weather.

Travelling by word of mouth, a variant of Red sky at night was first recorded in Matthew XVI from the Wycliffe Bible in 1395; When it is evening, ye say, it will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, it will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and louring.

Another version is found in Shakespeare's poem, Venus and Adonis; Like a red morn that ever yet betokened, wreck to the seaman - sorrow to the shepherds.