The Weather Lion

Weather prediction has always been a problem. But many believe that popular wisdom or lore is every bit as accurate as other sources, for example:
“Rosso di sera bel tempo si spera….”
Or “Red sky at night, good weather hopefully…”

The Florentines, whose tradition of popular sayings is renowned for their rich and colorful wit, of course have their own local saying, linked to the weather vane perched on the Palazzo Vecchio’s Arnolfo Tower in the form of the Marzocco, a lion, which is the symbol of Florence.
“Quand’il leone piscia ‘n Arno ll’è acqua..!!”
Or “When the lion pisses in the Arno, there will be water.”
Literally meaning, that when the lion is facing the Arno, bring an umbrella, it will probably rain

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