Agustu è capu 'e vernu
Language or variety: 
Calabrian
Literal translation: 

Agosto es cabeza de invierno

Gloss: 

Agosto è il principio dell'inverno. (Spezzano, 2006: 58)

Comments: 

Se exagera la posibilidad de frío ya en agosto. Cf. Agosto, capo d'inverno, tutto l'anno governa.

Categorization
Chronology: 
winter
<season>
August
<month>
Meteorology: 
cold
<cold>
changes in the weather
<changes in the weather>
General Subject Area: 
head
<personification and the like>
Geolocation

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Geographic locations:
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  • Calabria
    Territory:

    Italy.

    Administrative region.

Sources
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Author Title Editionsort descending In source
SCHWAMENTHAL, Riccardo / Michele L. STRANIERO Dizionario dei proverbi italiani Editorial:
Rizzoli
Place of edition:
Milano
Publication date:
1993 (2.ª ed.)
 Page:
24
Proverb number:
267
SPEZZANO, Francesco Proverbi calabresi Editorial:
Giunti
Place of edition:
Firenze / Milano
Publication date:
2006 [2a ed.]
 Page:
58
Proverb number:
391
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