Quand lou Cantal pren lou capèl [/] E la Dourdogno lou mantèl, [/] Acò n'es pas signe de bèl
Language or variety: 
Occitan
Literal translation: 

Cuando el Cantal coge [se pone] el sombrero [/] Y la Dordoña el abrigo, [/] Esto no es signo de bello [buen tiempo]

Comments: 

En grafía normativa: Quand lo Cantal pren lo capèl [/] E la Dordonha lo mantèl, [/] Aquò n'es pas signe de bèl. Mistral lo etiqueta como propio del Roergue. Cf. Quand Cantal porto capèl, [/] Pastres, prenès vostre mantèl.

Categorization
Meteorology: 
bad weather
<bad weather>
mountains shrouded in cloud
<mountains with a cover>
forecast
<forecast>
General Subject Area: 
Cantal (lo/lou —) (lo Chantau) [mountain in Auvernia]
<place names [in italics]>
Dourdougno (la —) (La Dordonha; French, Dordogne) [French Department; also river name]
<place names [in italics]>
Geolocation

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Toponimic references:
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Geographic locations:
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  • Roergue [Rouerge]
    Territory:

    Roergue [Rouerge], Avairon [Aveyron], Lengadòc [Languedoc], Miègjorn-Pirenèus [Midi-Pyrénées], France.

    The Roergue coincides approximately with the occitan department called Avairon (in french, Aveyron).

Sources
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Author Title Edition In source
MISTRAL, Frédéric Lou Tresor dóu Felibrige ou Dictionnaire Provençal-Français [2 vols.] Editorial:
Édition du centenaire sous la direction de V. Tuby, Slatkine, Édition de l’Unicorne
Place of edition:
Genève – Paris
Publication date:
1979 [1878-1886]
 Page:
820
Sub voce:
Dourdougno
Volume:
I
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