 | Helen Rose Anne Milman Crofton - 1903 - 420 pàgines
...HERRICK. " End now the JVhite-loafe, and the Pye, And let all Sports with Christmas dye." — HERRICK. " If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have...and rain, Winter is gone and will not come again." " Foul weather is no news ; hail, rain, and snow Are now expected, and esteem d no woe ; Nay 'tis an... | |
 | 1903 - 692 pàgines
...pin. If February brings no rain, 'Tis neither good for grass nor grain. If Candlemas Day (Felt. 2) be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight...and rain, Winter is gone and will not come again. The Barometer. — Rain now with a west wind and rising barometer turns to snow, snow with an east... | |
 | Edward Bennett Garriott - 1903 - 208 pàgines
...will then be dear. The shepard would rather see the wolf enter his fold on Candlemas Day than the sun. If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight. But if Candlemas Day bring clouds and rain, Winter is gone and won't come again. On Candlemas Day the bear, badger, or woodchuck... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1904 - 212 pàgines
...season. The laird had as lief see his wife on the bier As that Candlemas day be pleasant and clear. If Candlemas day be fair and bright, winter will have another flight. When Candlemas day is come and gone, the snow lies OH a hot stone. February fill dyke, be it black... | |
 | 1905 - 622 pàgines
...deservedly rank in ambiguity with any of the far-famed dicta from the tripos of the Delphic oracle.) "If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will...and rain, Winter is gone and will not come again." "February 2d bright and clear Gives a good flax year." The following vaticinations are In prosaic form,... | |
 | John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt, Henry Ellis - 1905 - 360 pàgines
...a good crop and prosperous year, and the contrary they take as an ill omen." There is a proverb : " 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." Which appears... | |
 | Patrick Maxwell - 1906 - 304 pàgines
...and mair ; If Candlemas day be wet and foul, The half of winter's gane at yule." Again: And this: " If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight; But if it be dark with clouds and rain, Winter is gone and will not come again. "As far as the sun shines... | |
 | Edwin James Houston - 1907 - 404 pàgines
...clear, There will be twa winters in the year." Or, according to another proverb: " If Candlemas Day is fair and bright, Winter will have another flight. But if Candlemas Day brings clouds and rain, Winter is gone and won't come again." But you may say that such proverbs were... | |
 | 1910 - 152 pàgines
...CANDLEMAS-DAY TTF 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. — Old Almanac. A * February 3 FRETFUL woman asked a happy old lady one day, the secret of her happiness;... | |
 | Daniel Gelanio Dalgado - 1914 - 532 pàgines
...Quando a Candelaria chora, O inverno esta fora; Quando a Candelaria ri, O inverno esta ainda par vir. If Candlemas Day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone and will not come again ; But if Candlemas Day be clear and bright, Winter'll have another flight. ' Como vires a primavera,... | |
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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. 
