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Scha avant San Martin la naiv riva jo pro l'En, schi l'inviern ais mez passà

Scha avant San Martin la naiv riva jo pro l'En, schi l'inviern ais mez passà

Language or variety
Romansh
Literal translation

Si antes de San Martín la nieve baja hasta el Inn, el invierno está medio pasado

Gloss

Wenn vor Martini (11. November) der Schnee bis zum Inn herabkommt, so ist der Winter auf Hälfte vorbei [...]

Comments

Localizado en la Engadina (Grisones, Suiza), sin más precisión. La forma del refrán es bajoengadina.

Categorization

Chronology
winter
season

Martin of Tours (Saint —)

fixed date
Meteorology
snow, to snow
snow, to snow
good weather
good weather

inverse forecast [The outset and the resultant meteorological conditions are opposed]

forecast
General subject area

Inn (Romansh, En) [river in Engadine, tributary of Danube]

place names [in italics]

Geolocation

Geographic locations

Lower Engadin [Engiadina Bassa, Unterengadin]

Territory
Graubünden [Grisons], Switzerland.
Geolocation type
Zonal location

The middle upper Inn valley, from Zernez up to the border with Austria (Nauders).

Toponomic references

En [Inn]

Territory
Switzerland; Austria; Germany.
Geolocation type
Zonal location

Hydronym. European river; its source is in Switzerland, in the Engadin region, and flows through Austria, to enter as a tributary in the Danube in Passau.

Sources

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Author Title Edition In source
HAUSER, Albert

Bauernregeln. Eine schweizerische Sammlung mit Erläuterungen von Albert Hauser

 		Editorial: Artemis Verlag
Lloc d'edició: Zürich / München
Data de publicació: 1975 (2.ª ed.)
 Page: 265
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