Weather Superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans

Pennsylvania Germans brought customs, traditions, and superstitions to many counties of the Commonwealth. An article in a Pennsylvania German magazine dated 1904, reported that weather prognosticators placed a lot of stock for future conditions based on the end of December and early January. “The weather of the different months of the year corresponds in a general way to the condition of the twelve days of Christmas which extend into early January and Epiphany or Twelfth night.