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Where does weather lore come from, and can it be trusted? Pliny the Elder started penning weather lore in the first century AD and a glut of meteorological sayings has followed; some worthwhile and some just hot air. This image-led feature explains the scientific reasoning behind sayings that can be trusted, and rebuffs those that cannot.

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Fisherman at dawn on River Bug, East Poland, Europe
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Artur Tabor / Fisherman at dawn on River Bug, East Poland, Europe
Sandymouth Bay beach at low tide at sunset, north Cornwall, UK. Novermber 22008.
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Ross Hoddinott / Sandymouth Bay beach at low tide at sunset, north Cornwall, UK. Novermber 22008.
Llynnau Gregenen Lakes and Cedair Idris at dawn, Snowdonia National Park, Wales, UK
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David Noton / Llynnau Gregenen Lakes and Cedair Idris at dawn, Snowdonia National Park, Wales, UK
Sunset over the Culin Mountains, Isle of Skye, from Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland, UK. February 2006.
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Peter Lewis / Sunset over the Culin Mountains, Isle of Skye, from Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland, UK. February 2006.
Y-7606 Pink clouds in evening sky at sunset
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Aflo / Y-7606 Pink clouds in evening sky at sunset
Dawn on the beach at Bamburgh Castle, Northumbria, England, UK
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David Noton / Dawn on the beach at Bamburgh Castle, Northumbria, England, UK
Cumulus congestus clouds over land, Belgium
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Philippe Clement / Cumulus congestus clouds over land, Belgium
Y-4003 Cirrus clouds in blue sky
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Aflo / Y-4003 Cirrus clouds in blue sky
Border Collie, 6-week puppy, lying on grass chewing twig, UK
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Colin Seddon / Border Collie, 6-week puppy, lying on grass chewing twig, UK
Ash tree in winter {Fraxinus excelsior} Scotland, UK
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Niall Benvie / Ash tree in winter {Fraxinus excelsior} Scotland, UK
Oak tree in field (Quercus robur) Derbyshire, UK. Sequence, May
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Chris O'Reilly / Oak tree in field (Quercus robur) Derbyshire, UK. Sequence, May
English oak tree in spring {Quercus robur}, UK. Seasons sequence 1/4
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WILLIAM OSBORN / English oak tree in spring {Quercus robur}, UK. Seasons sequence 1/4