FREE: Izze & co. ' A Frog's Life in the Swamp" Hand Beaded 3 in. Hair Clip

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Frogs and Weather

Frogs have been associated with weather in a lot of ancient cultures. I guess this really makes a lot of sense if you consider that they tend to make a lot of noise before rain storms.

~Some Australian aborigines and Native American groups believed that frogs were the bringers of rain.
~In India, frogs were believed to personify thunder in the sky. Even the word for "frog" also meant "cloud" in Sanskrit!
~In China, they see the "TOAD", not the "man" of the moon. The toad is also considered "one of the five poisons of yin." They say that eclipses happen when the "toad in the moon" tries to swallow the moon itself!

Frogs and Luck

Sometimes, cultures associated frogs with good and bad fortune.

~In Japan, frogs are the symbols of Good Luck. One myth I read dealt with the idea that bullfrogs are descended from a great ancestor who could suck all the mosquitoes out of a whole room in a single breath!
~Some myths are less favoring to frogs and toads. Some folklorists* have claimed that "If the first frog that you see in the spring is sitting on dry ground, it signifies that during the same year you will shed as many tears as the frog would require to swim away in." If, on the other hand, the first frog of spring jumps into the water, you'll experience misfortune all year! However, if the springs' first "hoptoad" come jumping in your direction, you will have many friends; if it jumps away from you, you will lose some.
(sounds to me like it's best not to run into the first spring frog!)

The clip[ will include a simple matching pair of earrings and the signature Izze & co. charm. Same attention to detail and quality you have come to expect from Izze & co.