Si les cabres pasturen a Montserrat, [/] plourà
Language or variety: 
Catalan
Literal translation: 

Si las cabras pacen en Montserrat, [/] lloverá

Gloss: 

Vol dir que, si a Montserrat hi ha cúmulus (cabretes), plourà. (Gomis, 1998: 81)

Comments: 

Atribuido por Gomis (1998: 81) a la localidad de Manresa. Bella metáfora: "cabrillas" (cúmulus) coronando la emblemática sierra catalana. Cf. Quan les cabres pasturen pel Montseny, ploura [plourà].

Categorization
Meteorology: 
rain, to rain
<rain, to rain>
clouds
<clouds>
forecast
<forecast>
General Subject Area: 
goats
<grazing animals, cattle, cattle rearing / livestock raising>
animalization [tails, etc.]
<personification and the like>
Montserrat [mountain range in Catalonia]
<place names [in italics]>
Geolocation

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Toponimic references:
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  • Montserrat
    Territory:

    Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

    Oronym. Mountain range in Catalonia.

Geographic locations:
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  • Manresa
    Territory:

    Manresa, El Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Sources
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Author Title Edition In source
GOMIS i MESTRE, Cels [Edició notablement augmentada amb gran nombre de confrontacions a cura de Cels GOMIS i SERDAÑONS] Meteorologia i agricultura populars. Recull d'aforismes, modismes, creences i supersticions referents a la meteorologia i a l'agricultura a l'entorn dels anys 1864 a 1915 Editorial:
Alta Fulla
Place of edition:
Barcelona
Publication date:
1998
 Page:
81
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