Contributions by Emma Frances Bloomfield, Sheila Bock, Kristen
Bradley, Hannah Chapple, James Deutsch, Mairt Hanley, Christine
Hoffmann, Kate Parker Horigan, Shelley Ingram, John Laudun, Jordan
Lovejoy, Lena Marander-Eklund, Jennifer Morrison, Willow G.
Mullins, Anne Pryor, Todd Richardson, and Claire Schmidt The
weather governs our lives. It fills gaps in conversations,
determines our dress, and influences our architecture. No matter
how much our lives may have moved indoors, no matter how much we
may rely on technology, we still monitor the weather. Wait Five
Minutes: Weatherlore in the Twenty-First Century draws from
folkloric, literary, and scientific theory to offer up new ways of
thinking about this most ancient of phenomena. Weatherlore is a
concept that describes the folk beliefs and traditions about the
weather that are passed down casually among groups of people.
Weatherlore can be predictive, such as the belief that more black
than brown fuzz on a woolly bear caterpillar signals a harsh
winter. It can be the familiar commentary that eases daily social
interactions, such as asking, "Is it hot (or cold) enough for you?"
Other times, it is simply ubiquitous: "If you don't like the
weather, wait five minutes and it will change." From detailing
personal experiences at picnics and suburban lawns to critically
analyzing storm stories, novels, and flood legends, contributors
offer engaging multidisciplinary perspectives on weatherlore. As we
move further into the twenty-first century, an increasing awareness
of climate change and its impacts on daily life calls for a
folkloristic reckoning with the weather and a rising need to
examine vernacular understandings of weather and climate.
Weatherlore helps us understand and shape global political
conversations about climate change and biopolitics at the same time
that it influences individual, group, and regional lives and
identities. We use weather, and thus its folklore, to make meaning
of ourselves, our groups, and, quite literally, our world.
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