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Show Rain Tells the Time We use watches and clocks to tell the time, but in Para, Brazil, they rely on rain to check the hours. It rains so regularly in short, heavy showers that people make appointments -."after the third shower," or "the fifth shower," show-er," and so on. Many countries have weather fads. In parts of China, instead of wearing one thick coat when the weather gets cold, they add thin silk coats. So, instead of saying that the day is chilly, a. man will say that it is a "three-coat day," and if it is very severe, he will probably call it a "seven-coat day." |