Natale stizzone, carnevale solleone
Language or variety: 
Italian
Literal translation: 

Navidad tizón, Carnaval canícula

Comments: 

Se llama solleone porque en la canícula propiamente dicha (en julio) el sol entra en el signo del "León", Leo.

Categorization
Chronology: 
Carnival
<moveable period>
Christmas
<fixed date>
dog days, midsummer heat, high summer
<miscellanea>
Meteorology: 
cold
<cold>
heat
<heat>
inverse forecast [The outset and the resultant meteorological conditions are opposed]
<forecast>
General Subject Area: 
half-burnt log
<elements of everyday life>
Sources
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Author Title Edition In source
SCHWAMENTHAL, Riccardo / Michele L. STRANIERO Dizionario dei proverbi italiani Editorial:
Rizzoli
Place of edition:
Milano
Publication date:
1993 (2.ª ed.)
 Page:
319
Proverb number:
3485
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