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“Red sky at night, sailors’ delight,
red sky in the morning, sailors take warning?”
Weather Omen
For thousands of years before the advent of modern weather prediction technology, humans attempted divination of the weather. They did this through the use of omens, which were supposed to tell them what the weather would be like over a given period of time. Do omens work any better than modern weather prediction methods? Perhaps, when they are used in a fantasy story to move the plot or characters forward.
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One weather omen, I remember from my childhood, concerned a ring or halo around the moon. It was supposed to foretell rain. Some of the women, my grandmother knew, were so convinced that the halo indicated rain that they would not do laundry the next day. This was because they hung their clothes outside to dry and the did not want the drying clothes to get wet again. Because if that happened, they would have to do laundry all over again.
There are numerous omens that were supposed to foretell rain or wet weather, which is understandable. Farmers need rain to help their crops, so they would want to be able to predict it. They would need to know, especially in drought conditions, when the rain would come. Other weather superstitions are tied to date or days, and some were used to predict storms.
One weather superstition was tied to the new moon and the first Tuesday after its occurrence. Apparently the weather that occurred on that day could be expected throughout that quarter of the moon. Therefore, if it rained or stormed on the first Tuesday after the new moon, you could expect that type of weather until the end of that quarter of the moon.
Another interesting superstition, had to do with a Friday sunset. If it stormed on Friday night, you could expect another storm before Monday. If the sunset on Friday night was clear, you could expect rain before Monday. I am not sure of the logic of this, however, I suppose it is just a logical as any other weather superstition.
What are some of the weather omens or superstitions, that you encounter in your area of the world? Have you ever thought of using them in a fantasy story to help reveal the characters or move the plot forward? Have you ever investigated whether or not these omens are valid by keeping a record of the weather after an omen occurs?
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