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Mild winter ahead, according to Lake Geneva caterpillar PDF Print E-mail
Written by Dan Plutchak   
Wednesday, 14 December 2011 16:10
Woolly bear Lake Geneva
Taylor Kinsey, a third grader at Central-Denison School, holds a woolly bear caterpillar outside his home recently. Some say the caterpillar's can be used to predict the weather.

LAKE GENEVA  -- If a woolly bear caterpillar captured by a Lake Geneva 8 year old is any indication, we could be in for a mild winter.

Taylor Kinsey, a third grader at Central-Denison School and the son of CSI Media graphic designer Kelly Kinsey, found the caterpillar outside his home recently.

According to folklore, the wider the brown middle band on a woolly bear caterpillar, the milder the winter.

Other popular forecasting tips include:

• If the first snowfall lands on unfrozen ground, the winter will be mild.

• Winter arrives Dec. 22 at 11:30 a.m. CST.

• When leaves fall early, fall and winter will be mild. When leaves fall late, winter will be severe.

• If the breast bone of the Thanksgiving goose is red or has many spots, expect a cold and stormy winter, but if only a few spots are visible, expect a mild winter.

• The severity of winter is determined by how far down the feathers have grown on a partridge’s leg.

• As high as the weeds grow, so will the bank of snow.

• Onion skins very thin, mild winter coming in. Onion skins thick and tough, coming winter cold and rough.


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The eyes have it !
 
December 15, 2011
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 16:22