The very essence of folk magic is watching how the world is unfurling around you. How are the animals behaving, how does the sky appear, and what are the trees up to? An eye watching carefully could see patterns and routines in how nature works, and learn to prepare their next move based on those predictabilities.
As we head into a snowy weekend, let’s take a look at some Kentucky superstitions and practices that kept our ancestors safe.
If you wash your hands in the first snow, they will not chap that winter.
Bottled snow is good for sore eyes.
When fire spits, there will be snow.
The crackling of fire with a fluffy sound as if snow were falling into it indicates the coming of snow.
If frost hangs on the timber late into the morning, snow may come.
The presence of two rings around the full moon brings snow within 24 hours.
The number of days old the moon is when it snows for the first time is the number of times it will snow that year.
If snow melts from the trees, the snow will leave the ground in a rain. If snow is blown off the trees, there will be another snow soon before the current snow melts.
Snow left unmelted in the fence corner brings another snow.
If the sun shines while it is snowing, there will be snow the next day.
If snow sticks to the sides of the trees and houses, there will be snow again in forty-eight hours.
See how many of these predictions are true in the coming snow.
Snow Superstitions
