I am one of those old people of which you speak. You asked for it. It gets earlier every year.
Top Six Southern Winter Folklore Sayings
1. If you count the morning fogs in August you will know how many August mornings were foggy.
2. A heavy crop of acorns will lead to fatter than average squirrels next spring.
3. If it thunders in winter, 10 days later it will have happened 10 days ago.
4. If you study the bands of the wooly worm you will know how many are brown and how many are black.
5. Snow that lays on the ground for more than three days is dirty.
6. A ring around the moon means your Lasik surgeon screwed up.