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You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Various cultures ascribe the occurrence of these wettings to the marriage of animals, such as rats Arabic , tigers Korea , monkeys Zulu , jackals South Africa , hyenas Kenya , or bears Bulgaria.
However, the critters most commonly pointed to are foxes — cultures in numerous spots around the world pronounce a sun shower as a sign the foxes are getting hitched. The devil is pointed to as the cause primarily in Anglo-Saxon cultures. Says one book of American lore: Alternatively, the devil may be said to be engaging in a rather undevilish behavior, such as kissing his wife.
This latter version serves to provide an answer for the contradiction that is a sun shower; that something which violates the law of the universe i. A far less prevalent belief and yet the one I grew up with in the s in Ottawa was that being touched by rain that fell while the sun was out was very lucky.
Rainwater itself is rumored at least in the world of superstition to have certain curative, protective, or luck-bringing powers. Many through the ages have sworn by its ability to heal sore eyes.
Others assert money washed in it can never be stolen. A Welsh superstition holds that babies washed in it begin talking sooner than those laved otherwise. Rainwater that falls on Ascension Day the 40th day after Easter is particularly favored for these purposes, as it is believed to be especially potent.
This is music that everyone can relate to, dance to, salt and pepper their mangoes to. In Belgium we say something like "There's a fair in hell", for any Belgians here "Tis kermis in de hel". Source in comments i. UK Singles Chart [18] [19]. Which makes no sense, because then it would happen every day!
The song's lyrics are sampled in the song " New Thing ", released in by Rye Rye. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the meteorological phenomenon, see Sunshower.
A sunshower or sun shower is a meteorological phenomenon in which rain falls while the sun is shining. A sunshower is usually the result of accompanying. "Sunshowers" is a song by British musician M.I.A. from her critically acclaimed debut album Arular. It was written and produced by Maya "M.I.A." Arulpragasam, .
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