THE CULTURAL INHERITANCE OF WEATHER

Since the beginning of time, our ancestors have had a permanent need to predict the weather. The custom of observing the sky, from clouds to stars, wind and other natural phenomena has been a custom all over the planet.

In order to address the latest scientific advances in meteorology, or academic knowledge derived from historical climatology, popular culture, especially the first of rural societies, has left us a weighty archive of popular proverbs and sayings related to the weather and its prediction. Beyond the practice of entreaties and religious orations, these societies of the past lived with a certain understanding of how natural cycles worked, and of course the workings of weather cycles, although possibly not always total any certain guarantees. Therefore, the sporadic presence of recurrent phenomena, as indicated — floods, droughts, freezes, or hailstorms - could easily break any habitual certainty.
Some of the phrases that are collected in the oral memory of the laborers of the Horta of València weather are: "There is a sun so strong that it startles stones", "Midnight wind for dinner, water for breakfast", "Air from the speaker wind brings cold water and hot wine", " For Christmas one step for the sparrow," “For Saint Lucia one step for the flea," "Skies like the belly of a donkey, water for sure," “Beans in the agricultural garden? Shuts the door," "For a warrior March, a masked sun,” “Red clouds with the speakers signals wind," "When it rains and rampages, stay home"

 

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THE "SÉQUIA" ACROSS THE TIME

MEDIEVAL PERIOD
(Al-Andalus) [711-1238]

MEDIEVAL PERIOD
(Kingdom of València) [1239-1453]

MODERN PERIOD [1454-1789]

CONTEMPORARY PERIOD [1790-2012]

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