À la Chandeleur, le soleil, [/] L'ours pour quarante jours dans sa caverne
Language or variety: 
French
Literal translation: 

A [por] la Candelaria, el sol, [/] El oso durante cuarenta días en su guarida

Categorization
Chronology: 
Candlemas
<fixed date>
forty days
<forty days>
Meteorology: 
sun
<sun>
bad weather
<bad weather>
inverse forecast [The outset and the resultant meteorological conditions are opposed]
<forecast>
General Subject Area: 
bear
<animals (excluding grazing types)>
Sources
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Author Title Edition In source
MONTREYNAUD, Florence / Agnès PIERRON / François SUZZONI Dictionnaire de proverbes et dictons. La sagesse du monde entier Editorial:
Dictionnaires le Robert
Place of edition:
Paris
Publication date:
1994
 Page:
211
Proverb number:
118
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