Wooly Worm Forecasting

**Ima Teacher** · 11-12-2006, 12:21 AM

At school on Friday I found a big, fat black & brown wooly worm IN MY BOOKBAG.

I've often heard of forecasting winter weather by "reading" colors on wooly worms.

black=cold/snowy
brown=dry/mild

So . . . when it's in the book bag . . . lots of days off for snow this winter?

**GreenBunny** · 11-12-2006, 04:34 AM

Do you mean one of these? They aren't called woolly worms, they're called woolly bears!

What does everybody else call them?

**Bananas** · 11-12-2006, 12:14 PM

I think I would call it a pipe cleaner.

**duct.tape** · 11-12-2006, 01:01 PM

In some cultures it might be called "a snack".

**TaterTot** · 11-13-2006, 02:37 AM

Better than the mouse I found that got in my desk, after my low carb chocolates!!! :shocked:

**Ima Teacher** · 11-16-2006, 12:03 AM

I've found three bizaare things in my bookbag over the years . . .

brown recluse spider
mouse--eating my breath mints
wooly worm

I don't like fuzzy worms, but it's the least freaky thing in my bag. Plus, the kids had a ball with it all class period.

DH and I went to the next county over for the Wooly Worm Festival last year. They had races. Very interesting. I think DH was kind of scared. He's from the western part of central KY, and it was enough of a shock moving to the eastern side . . . and then I took him up in the mountains. 8O

I would give you a website to the festival . . . but I don't think they have one.

**JohnBoy** · 11-16-2006, 12:35 AM

[url="http://www.woollyworm.com/"]http://www.woollyworm.com/[/url]

**GreenBunny** · 11-16-2006, 02:45 AM

You can call them woolly worms all you want, I'll still call them woolly bears. I think it's cuter and I bet if you asked the animals themselves, they'd want to be called something cute like "bears" instead of something icky like "worms". Maybe they'd like to be called woolly bunnies! :lol: