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A Medieval Guide to Predicting the Year
It's January and you want to know how the year will go? You can use this handy guide, written by a 14th century Italian merchant, in which he offers what to expect throughout year, based on which day January 1st falls on.
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If the first of January comes on a Friday, the winter will be temperate, and the summer and autumn, dry. Grain will be cheap. There will be eye diseases, and many infants will die, and there will be movement of knights, and there will be much oil in some places.
We'll have to check back here next year and see if his prediction comes true!
Relevant Monty Python clip (The third guy, starts at 0:35)