Forecast

Copyright: badorgood

May is a fertile month, a month of transition to summer and when the crops’ future is decided.

There are many sayings and proverbs connected to the month of May: “Frumos ca luna mai” (As handsome as the month of May), “Mai e Rai” (May is Heaven), but the best known one is “Ploaie-n mai, avem malai.” ( Rain in May, we’ll have corn flour).

This one made me think of folk meteorology, specifically of beliefs connected to rain.

There are lots of predictions made on rain, starting with its duration (depending on the day it starts, for example the one starting on Monday will last a week, on Thursday- two weeks) and most of all concerning its signs and causes, because an accurate weather forecast has always been so important, especially for agriculture.

Here are some signs predicting the rain: bright halos around the sun or the moon, morning clouds in the East, clouds at moon-rise, the Morning Star is dim or the Milky Way is very bright, a morning rainbow. And some human or animal behaviour that announces or even causes it: if the pig is retslessly walking around carrying straws in his snout, if the hens are not asleep at nightfall, it means rain is very close. If one pulls out grass and weeds using his hands this might cause rain, and if one eats directly from the pot, this will bring hm/her a rainy wedding day. This last one is not entirely true…

So, if you are looking for a weather forecast for the visit here, you know what to do.

And don’t forget that after a rainy day, there is always a rainbow and lots of sunshine!