According to folklore, a woolly worm can predict the severity of winter. More black indicates a severe winter, whereas a wider brown band in the middle suggests a milder winter. In researching, it also suggests the direction of travel will assist in the determination. If they crawl south, they are trying to escape the cold, but if they are headed north they indicate a mild winter.
This is the only woolly worm I've seen so far this season. According to the above, we are going to have a mild winter. I think he was a deceased worm, so I couldn't decide which end pointed north. And I didn't want to pick it up. Although, picking up a dead one might be better than a live one. :)
Will we have a mild winter? I guess I'll wait and see.
Wiggly Waggly Woolly Worm by Grandpa Moses
Has ticky tacky toes;
He crawls up my arm with
A tickle as he goes.
Wiggly Waggly woolly worm
Cannot move too fast,
Hope he'll find a winter home,
'Cause summer cannot last.
Wiggly Waggly woolly worm
Will get a better name,
Fancy Dancy Butterfly...
A prim and proper dame.
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I always heard about the wooly worm predicting the winter. They are pretty neat to see and always different! I like that cute poem too!
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