(Scroll down for English version).
Kuu kiurusta kesään, puoli kuuta peipposesta, västäräkistä vähäsen, pääskysestä ei päivääkään.
Con questa simpatica breve filastrocca, basata sull’osservazione della natura e degli uccelli migratori, i Finlandesi sanno predire esattamente quando inizia la bella stagione.
Ma andiamo con ordine: Kuu kiurusta kesään, cioe: “quando arrivano le Allodole manca un mese”. (Per la cronaca, le prime allodole di solito arrivano a fine marzo).
Continuiamo: puoli kuuta peipposesta, cioe’: “quando arriva il Fringuello manca mezzo mese”.
Ancora: västäräkistä vähäsen, cioe’: “quando arriva il Batticoda manca poco”.
Infine: pääskysestä ei päiväkään. Cioe’: “quando arrivano le Rondini, ci siamo”.
Naturalmente l’arrivo dei migratori e’ soggetto non solo al tempo meteorologico, ma anche alla quantita’ di cibo che troveranno qui: le allodole arrivano presto perche’ si nutrono di semi e ne trovano sempre nei campi; cosi’ pure i fringuelli; ma i batticoda, che si nutrono di larve, devono aspettare che la terra si sgeli, prima di arrivare. Lo stesso vale per le rondini che mangiano insetti e zanzare: questi si attivano piu’ avanti.
(Questa e’ una vecchia scheda telefonica dedicata alle rondini, direttamente dalla collezione di mio marito).
The Finns’ sense for summer. Through the short proverb above, based on the arrivals of migratory birds, the Finns will tell you exactly when summer is going to start.
When the Lark comes, says the proverb, it is one month to summer; when the Common Chaffinch arrives, it is a half month; when the White wagtail comes it is almost summer and finally when the Swallow is here, summer is here too.
Migratory birds travel to the north in different times depending on the type of food they need, not on the weather; larks and chaffinches eat seeds and in march they can find seeds over the ground everywhere. Wagtails eat grubs and they must wait until the land is ice free to arrive; swallows eat insects and they cannot come before insects are active. (Usually larks arrive at the end of march).
(In my last shot: an old phone card dedicated to swallows, from my husband’s collection).
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Veramente interessante Luisella. Grazie
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Grazie, Cri. Paese che vai…saggezza che trovi.
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So beautiful
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Splendido Luisella 🖤 Simplemente splendido.
You spread Finnish culture and customs all over the world 😀
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Grazie, Rita. E’ un piacere!
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Thank you so much! Have a nice week!
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Lovely photos. 🙂 Have a nice week!
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Thank you, Maarit. A nice week to you too!
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Loosk like spring is slowly making its way to you!
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Thank you for joining this week’s party at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2018/04/titanic-movie-costumes-on-display-at.html
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Summer is coming!
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Wonderful bird photos ❤
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Oh, this was a great photo cavalcade of summer coming (at last!!) to Finland!
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Thanks…let’s hope the good season is here at last. Have a good day!
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Thanks, Riitta. Have a good day!
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Yes…for our poor gardens…and ourselves! 😉
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Thank you so much. Have a good week!
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Oh yes…there are promising signs… 😉
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Questo ritorno alla bella stagione è una vera poesia, in tutti i sensi!
Ma che bello leggere il tuo blog, Luisella !
Franca
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Grazie, Franca. Non sai quanto mi fai felice!
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Reblogged this on Tra Italia e Finlandia and commented:
Buongiorno e Buona Primavera a tutti! Oggi vi ripropongo un vecchio post che con una gradevole filastrocca parla dell’arrivo della bella stagione in Finlandia. Visto che siamo al 21 Marzo e oggi e’ pure la giornata della Poesia… 😉
Hello everyone and Happy First Spring Day! Today a reblog from my own pages to talk about the arrival of spring to Finland through a short nursery-rhyme. Today is also World Poetry Day… 😉
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Those are sure signs of spring, all of which I too have seen this year. Except for the Swallow, another week or so. Hope you get to photograph your Brambling.
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Beautiful.
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Beautiful – the spring is soon here!
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Yes…it will be welcome! Have a sunny weekend, Riitta.
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Thank you very much, William. Have a nice weekend!
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Thank you very much, Phil.
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Grazie Luisella per queste immagini straordinarie. Isabella
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Grazie a te Isabella, per le tue cortesi parole!
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Figurati cara Luisella, è assolutamente un piacere.
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