We have had a 'flurry'of snow this morning. I would probably call it a 'Polar Bear's Wedding'(
), as the sun was shining at the same time as it was snowing. When I was at school in East Africa, our classroom overlooked a wood. When it rained and the sun shone at the same time the monkeys in this wood would go berserk and swing from branch to branch, whilst chattering nineteen to the dozen. We called it a "Monkey's Wedding". Never heard this expression before or since.
I don't believe this! I have done a Google Search for 'Monkeys Wedding' and have come up with this:
In South African English, a sunshower is referred to as a "monkey's wedding", a loan translation of the Zulu umshado wezinkawu, a wedding for monkeys. In Sudan, the donkey and monkey are getting married. In various African languages, leopards are getting married.
So I have learnt something today. Where that expression comes from.
Hugh