...Almanacs did not neglect this day: one of them BOOK thus partly imitates the proverb : — Candlemat " If Candlemas Day be fair and bright Winter will have...collection, to the same effect : — " The hind had as lief see his wife on the bier, As that Candlemas Day should be pleasant and clear." Among the atmospherical...

...Almanacs did not neglect this day: one of them BOOK thus partly imitates the proverb : — Caintfrma* " If Candlemas Day be fair and bright • Winter will have another flight ; But if Candlemas Day be clonds and rain, Winter is gone and will not come again." There is a humorous proverb in Ray's collection,...

...pleasant and clear. If Candlemas-day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight. If Candlemas-day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again. When Candlemas-day is come and gone, The snow lies on a hot stone. February fill dike, be it black...

...pleasant and clear. If Candlemas-day bo fair and bright, Winter will have another flight. If Candlemas-day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again. When Candlemas-day is come and gone, Tho snow lies on a hot stone. February fill dike, be it black...

...louring, a mild and gentle season ensuing." To the same effect is the old prediction — " If Candlemai day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight;...and rain. Winter is gone, and will not come again." Very similar is the ancient Latin distich — " Si sol splendcirat Maria puriflcante, Major erit glacics...

...purport : " If Candlemas-day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight; But if Candlemas-day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again." The next old saw is nearer the truth than either of the preceding : " When Candlemas-day is come and...

...cold for the next six weeks or two months, that it has given rise to several proverbs, especially, If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight. Dr Forster states that he had consulted several journals of weather, which satisfied him that this...

...almanacs — " If Candlemas-day be fair and bright, Whiter will have another flight; But if Candlemas-day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again." These, and other recollections of Candlemas, are as common in London as in the more remote parts of...

...flight. If Candlemas-day is fair and clear, There'll be two winters in the year.J If Candlemas-day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again. * " Soulegrove sil lew," is an ancient Wiltshire proverb. t A married agricultural servant. J In the...

...the Sun shines in on Candlemas day, So far will the snow blow in afore old May." Then again : — " If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight : If on Candlemas day, it be shower and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again." Agreeing with...