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Ensign Steve · 05-09-2003, 02:09 PM

If it's raining and the sun is shining, the devil and his wife are fighting. ?! Have you ever heard of this? It came out of the mouth of my six-year-old niece, and I wonder if she made it up from her imagination, or if she heard this from someone. One of her grandmother's is from New Orleans, and the other one is from Mexico.

Utnapishtim · 05-09-2003, 02:50 PM

My grandmother (my mother's mom) always used to say that when it rains while the sun is shining, it means that the devil is beating his wife. So she didn't make it up. My grandmother lived in Bermuda, where the sun shines during rain often. Whenever I went to visit, I would hear that phrase. My mother said Nan had said it for as long as she can remember, and my grandmother would have been ninety this year. I think it is a fairly old phrase.

Ensign Steve · 05-09-2003, 03:03 PM

Eeewww... I'm glad whoever said it to my niece decided to censor it!

wildernesse · 05-09-2003, 04:36 PM

And if you stick a pin in the ground, you can hear them!

Yes, if it's raining and the sun is shining, the devil is beating his wife.

I'm from Georgia, and my grandmother told me this. She can remember sticking a pin in the ground to see if she could hear when she was little (in her mid-70's now).

--tibac

Spaz · 05-09-2003, 06:32 PM

My mom used to say that too, the beating version. I know she doesn't really believe it tho, I think...Ya never really know

Celsus · 05-09-2003, 09:39 PM

Off to Misc. Disc.

Godot · 05-10-2003, 05:07 AM

As silly as this is, what kind of woman would become the wife of the devil?

Monkeybot · 05-10-2003, 06:19 AM

Laura Bush?

wah, wah, wahhhhhhhh

Sarpedon · 05-10-2003, 07:23 AM

In Akira Kurosowa's movie "Dreams" There is an episode where it is raining and the sun is out. A little boy's mother tells him to stay inside, because those are the day's the foxes have their wedding processions. (in China and Japan, foxes are considered to be powerful supernatural beings) The little boy goes outside anyway, and witnesses one of the wedding processions, is noticed, and runs away. When he gets home, his mother is waiting for him. She said that an angry fox had come by, and she wasn't allowed to let him back in. The fox had also left a dagger for the boy, aparently to kill himself with. The episode ended with the little boy trekking accross country to the land of the foxes to ask for forgiveness, carrying the dagger.

wildernesse · 05-10-2003, 09:13 AM

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Originally posted by Spaz
My mom used to say that too, the beating version. I know she doesn't really believe it tho, I think...Ya never really know

I don't think anyone I know *believes* this--it's just what you say when it is raining and the sun is shining.

--tibac

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Ensign Steve Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Augusta, Georgia, United States Posts: 1,235	Weather superstition If it's raining and the sun is shining, the devil and his wife are fighting. ?! Have you ever heard of this? It came out of the mouth of my six-year-old niece, and I wonder if she made it up from her imagination, or if she heard this from someone. One of her grandmother's is from New Orleans, and the other one is from Mexico.

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05-09-2003, 02:50 PM	#2
Utnapishtim Regular Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 330	My grandmother (my mother's mom) always used to say that when it rains while the sun is shining, it means that the devil is beating his wife. So she didn't make it up. My grandmother lived in Bermuda, where the sun shines during rain often. Whenever I went to visit, I would hear that phrase. My mother said Nan had said it for as long as she can remember, and my grandmother would have been ninety this year. I think it is a fairly old phrase.

05-09-2003, 03:03 PM	#3
Ensign Steve Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Augusta, Georgia, United States Posts: 1,235	Eeewww... I'm glad whoever said it to my niece decided to censor it!

05-09-2003, 04:36 PM	#4
wildernesse Veteran Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,578	And if you stick a pin in the ground, you can hear them! Yes, if it's raining and the sun is shining, the devil is beating his wife. I'm from Georgia, and my grandmother told me this. She can remember sticking a pin in the ground to see if she could hear when she was little (in her mid-70's now). --tibac

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Spaz Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: 6th Circle of Hell Posts: 1,093	My mom used to say that too, the beating version. I know she doesn't really believe it tho, I think...Ya never really know

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Celsus Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,875	Off to Misc. Disc.

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Godot Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Calgary Posts: 1,335	As silly as this is, what kind of woman would become the wife of the devil?

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Monkeybot Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: North Carolina Posts: 8,102	Laura Bush? wah, wah, wahhhhhhhh

05-10-2003, 07:23 AM	#9
Sarpedon Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Minnesota, the least controversial state in the le Posts: 8,446	In Akira Kurosowa's movie "Dreams" There is an episode where it is raining and the sun is out. A little boy's mother tells him to stay inside, because those are the day's the foxes have their wedding processions. (in China and Japan, foxes are considered to be powerful supernatural beings) The little boy goes outside anyway, and witnesses one of the wedding processions, is noticed, and runs away. When he gets home, his mother is waiting for him. She said that an angry fox had come by, and she wasn't allowed to let him back in. The fox had also left a dagger for the boy, aparently to kill himself with. The episode ended with the little boy trekking accross country to the land of the foxes to ask for forgiveness, carrying the dagger.

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