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What folk signs are associated with the weather?
According to old peasant signs:
- if chickens walk in the rain, it will last a long time;
- if the cat curls up, you have to wait for bad weather;
- if the cat washes, this is for good weather;
- when the crows croak, it will soon rain;
- if the cows do not come home for a long time, tomorrow the weather will deteriorate;
- mosquitoes "dance" to good, warm weather.
Author: Mendeleev V.A.
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In medieval England, the word "pygg" was a type of clay used to make household utensils. People often kept their savings in pots made of such clay and called them "pygg jar". Over time, the term turned into "pig bank", and thanks to this consonance, piggy banks began to be made exclusively in the shape of a pig.
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