In this Texas border town, the peak of a deadly summer is surrounded by superstitions
ROMA, Texas - This week marks the end of the dog days of summer, the 40 hottest days of the year known along the south Texas border as the "canicula."
Canicula is Latin for "dog star," a reference to the Canis Major constellation that appears above the sun during the hottest days of the year.
Even before it started, the term was on residents' minds, in part because of the host of superstitions that surround it: Children should be kept inside during canicula season. It's not good to make big
