<Li> In Tamil, it is called "The fox and the crow / raven are getting married" (காக்காவுக்கும் நரிக்கும் கல்யாணம்). </Li> <Li> In Telugu, it is called "Yenda Vanala, kukkala nakkala pelli" which means "Dogs and Foxes getting married in the sunshowers" (ఎండా వానలో కుక్కల, నక్కల పెళ్ళి). </Li> <P> In the Southern United States, Utah as well as in Hungary a sunshower is said to show that "the devil is beating his wife" (or, more rarely, "the devil is beating his wife with a walking stick") because he is angry God created a beautiful day . The rain is said to be his wife's tears . A regional variant from Tennessee is "the devil is kissing his wife". In French, the phrase is "Le diable bat sa femme et marie sa fille" (i.e., "the devil is beating his wife and marrying his daughter"). In the Netherlands and Belgium, they say that there is a "funfair going on in hell". In St. Kitts and Nevis, when rain is falling and the sun is shining, it is said that' D devil a bang he wife' . In Liberia, it is said that "the devil is fighting with his wife over a chicken bone ." </P> <Ul> <Li> In Lithuanian and Estonian (vaeslapse pisarad), the phenomenon is described as "orphans' tears", where the sun is the grandmother drying those tears . </Li> <Li> In Russian, it is called грибной дождь (gribnoy dozhd'), "mushroom rain", as such conditions are considered favorable to growing mushrooms . Also, it is called слепой дождь (slepoy dozhd'), "blind rain", because it doesn't see that it shouldn't be raining . </Li> <Li> In Indonesian, the phenomenon is the sign of someone who is rich and well known has died in the place where the sunshower happened, so the sky is showing its condolences . </Li> <Li> In Catalonia it is said that the witches are combing their hair, "Les bruixes es pentinen". </Li> <Li> In Poland it is said that a witch is making butter, "Słońce świeci, deszczyk pada, baba jaga masło składa". </Li> <Li> In the Caribbean islands such as Puerto Rico and The Dominican Republic, it is said that a witch is getting married . </Li> <Li> In Guyana, it is known as "Sun - Rain ". </Li> <Li> In Trinidad and Tobago, "Sun shining, Rain falling, Monkey marrying" </Li> <Li> In Haiti, it is said that a zombie is beating his wife for salty food . Devil is sometimes interchanged for zombie . </Li> <Li> In Argentina, it is said that an old woman is getting married . </Li> <Li> In Croatia, it is said that gypsies are getting married, "Cigani se žene". </Li> <Li> In Macedonia, it is also said that gypsies are getting married, "Циганка се мажи", and also that a bear is getting married, "Мечка се жени / мажи". </Li> <Li> In Venezuela, the word' cachimba' refers to raining while sunny . </Li> <Li> In Cuba, "Se está casando la hija del diablo", i.e. "The Devil's daughter is getting married" </Li> <Li> In Hebrew it is called a שמש משקרת (Shémesh meshakéret) - A lying sun </Li> <Li> In Vietnamese, it is called "mua bong may" or "mưa bóng mây" (shadow rain) </Li> </Ul>

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