Cando a Candeloria chora vai o inverno fóra; que chore que cante, inda hai inverno atrás e diante
Language or variety: 
Galician
Literal translation: 

Cuando la Candelaria llora[,] va el invierno fuera; que llore que cante, aún hay invierno detrás y delante

Categorization
Chronology: 
winter
<season>
Candlemas
<fixed date>
Meteorology: 
rain, to rain
<rain, to rain>
good weather
<good weather>
forecast
<forecast>
inverse forecast [The outset and the resultant meteorological conditions are opposed]
<forecast>
General Subject Area: 
to cry, weep
<personification and the like>
to sing
<personification and the like>
Geolocation

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Geographic locations:
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  • Grou
    Territory:

    Lobios, Orense [Ourense], Galicia, Spain.

Sources
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Author Title Edition In source
FERRO RUIBAL, Xesús "Refraneiro de Grou (Lobios) recollido por Bieito Fernandes do Palheiro", Cadernos de Fraseoloxía Galega, 10, pp. 241-253 Editorial:
Xunta de Galicia / Consellería de Educación e Ordenación Universitaria / Centro Ramón Piñeiro para a Investigación en Humanidades
Place of edition:
Santiago de Compostela
Publication date:
2008
 Page:
245
Proverb number:
13
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