by Jacques Cellard · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782701105475
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«Dictons de la pluie et du beau temps» is the essay on weather folklore by Jacques Cellard and Gilbert Dubois, published by Belin in paperback, in French.
It brings together and comments on popular French sayings and proverbs about rain, fine weather and other atmospheric phenomena. It traces the origin of these formulas, their logic and the traditional beliefs that underpin them, offering an approach to popular meteorological knowledge passed down from generation to generation.
It belongs to the Le Français retrouvé collection (no. 12). It includes illustrations by Christian Quennehen and an index of subjects.
It will appeal to readers interested in folklore, popular meteorology and French linguistic traditions.
