Quando vem a trovoada ao Douro [/] Vende milho e compra touro: [/] Quando vem ao Minho [/] Vende touro e compra milho
Language or variety: 
Portuguese
Literal translation: 

Cuando viene la tronada al Duero [/] Vende maíz y compra toro: [/] Cuando viene al Miño [/] Vende toro y compra maíz

Comments: 

Las referencias espaciales son ambiguas, pudiera referirse a los ríos Miño [Minho] y Duero [Douro] o bien a las antiguas provincias portuguesas del mismo nombre; atribuimos las primeras geolocalizaciones, que nos parecen más probables.

Categorization
Meteorology: 
thunder, thunderstorm, to thunder
<thunder>
General Subject Area: 
maize, corn [US]
<plant kingdom (signs and variable aspects)>
Douro, Duero [river in the Iberian Peninsula]
<place names [in italics]>
Miño, Minho [river in the Iberian Peninsula]
<place names [in italics]>
bull
<animals (excluding grazing types)>
Geolocation

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Toponimic references:
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  • Douro
    Territory:

    Spain; Portugal.

    Hidronym.

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    Miño [Minho]
    Territory:

    Galicia, Spain; Viana do Castelo, Portugal.

    Hydronym. River in the Iberian Peninsula. Its source is in Meira (province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain) and reaches the Atlantic between Spain and Portugal.

Sources
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Author Titlesort descending Edition In source
CARRUSCA, Maria de Sousa -coordenadora- "Vozes da sabedoria" [3 vols.] Editorial:
Edição da coordenadora
Place of edition:
Lisboa
Publication date:
1974-1976
 Page:
252
Volume:
III
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