What 蜜桃恋人 Will This Year Bring?
As the clock hits midnight on New Year鈥檚 Eve, many of us reflect on the past year while dreaming of the year ahead. Here at the 蜜桃恋人, our thoughts often turn to the WEATHER! Although we rely on our long-range forecasts, we also enjoy the tradition of looking to weather folklore. Enjoy this New Year鈥檚 lore and see if it rings true!
New Year鈥檚 蜜桃恋人 Folklore
In particular, weather folklore often looks to the wind. Try this. Step outside as the sun sets on New Year鈥檚 Eve. Feel the wind and recite:
If New Year鈥檚 Eve the wind blows south
It betokens warmth and growth.
If west, much milk and fish in the sea.
If north, cold and storms there will be.
If east, the trees will bear much fruit.
If north east, then flee it, man and brute.
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Then throw your New Year wishes to the wind!
Others believed the time to check out the wind was at sunrise on New Year鈥檚 Day, but it would be hard to wake up at dawn if you had any fun the night before!
(If you forgot to check the wind, don鈥檛 worry.)
First 12 Days of January
Some believe that the first 12 days of January can predict the weather for the entire year!
So, the weather on the first, good or bad, will reflect how January will feel. The second-day forecasts February, the third forecasts March, and so on.
You may have also heard: If there is thunder in January, it will snow seven days later. And fog in January brings a wet spring.
Forecasting by the Onion
My favorite is the onion method for predicting the weather for the year: Get twelve onions. From 11:00 pm to midnight on New Year鈥檚 Eve, remove the tops and create a hollow in the middle.
Get out your compass and line the onions in an east-west orientation. Place an equal amount of salt in each depression. (Then, explain to your fellow partiers why you smell like an onion!)
Don鈥檛 look at the vegetables until the next morning. The salt has dissolved to varying degrees in each onion. The more water in each onion, the wetter the corresponding month will be in the coming year. After this, carefully add potatoes and other root veggies, rub with olive oil and spices, and bake.
Whether the onions are right or wrong, you鈥檒l have a lovely New Year鈥檚 Day feast of roasted veggies.
But Do They Really Work?
Oddly enough, the majority of weather superstitions cited here do have a scientific basis in fact. But that doesn鈥檛 mean their accuracy rates are much to boast about鈥 However, if they didn鈥檛 work at all, people wouldn鈥檛 have repeated and remembered them for so long.
Of course, you can also check this year鈥檚 蜜桃恋人 forecast as a 鈥渉uman鈥 point of reference. See our extended weather forecasts鈥攐r pick up a copy of for more!
More 蜜桃恋人 Folklore
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James J. Garriss
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that's interesting..but since the 12 onions are representing the months..do you start reading from east to west? (1st east as jan, next feb...etc til dec is last to west)? just curious...never heard that one..
and are the onions actually safe to eat after sitting out all that time? been reading about onions get toxic.. although the stew sounds great! ;)
Great article, Evelyn and James. Thanks for sharing!
