tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post9104853175247743169..comments2024-02-15T17:04:14.226+01:00Comments on Jane Is The One: la caniculejanestheonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17617250693471034197noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-22099342785499065182010-07-10T20:05:14.905+02:002010-07-10T20:05:14.905+02:00but really - I am no astronomer, but, er, in centr...but really - I am no astronomer, but, er, in central and southern Europe it tends to be kind of hot in July and up to mid-August (here the heat diminishes to pleasant warm summer weather after the public holiday for the Feast of the Assumption (yes I know France is supposed to be a secular state) on 15th Augustjanestheonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617250693471034197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-35829807652294686662010-07-10T09:59:23.519+02:002010-07-10T09:59:23.519+02:00Dog days. The Romans believed that when Sirius was...Dog days. The Romans believed that when Sirius was ascendant between the kalends of July and the ides of August, its heat added to the heat of the sun.Jonnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-44399798806810033742010-07-09T10:46:05.974+02:002010-07-09T10:46:05.974+02:00After "Canicula", the Italian for tthe D...After "Canicula", the Italian for tthe Dog Star (Sirius). Apparently, there was a theory that heatwaves occurred when the Dog Star was in the ascendant, or something.Augustus Carpnoreply@blogger.com