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"Weather Proverbs.— From a very early period great interest has been 

 taken in the subject of the weather. This is proved by the number of proverbs 

 and sayings handed down to us from all times. The correctness of most of 

 these at the present time may be said to indicate that the general character of 

 our climate is not materially altered. The following list embraces only a portion 

 of those now in use : — 



"January blossoms fill no man's cellar." 

 " As the days lengthen does the cold strengthen." 

 "February fill dyke, either black or white." 

 "Snow lying under the hedges is waiting for more." 



""When gnats dance in February the husbandman becomes a beggar 1 " 



" Never come Lent never come winter - ." 

 " March many weathers." 



" March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." 

 " A peck of March dust is worth a king's ransom." 

 " A March without water 

 Dowers the hind's daughter." 



" March winds and April showers 

 Bring forth the fine May flowers." 



" A sunshiny shower 

 "Won't last half an hour." 



" Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short." 



"April cold, and moist, and low, 

 Fills the cellar and fattens the cow." 



"The March winds and the May sun 

 Make linen white and maids dun." 



" There are as many frosts in May as there are in March." 



" A dry May and a dripping June 

 "Will put all Nature into tune." 



" "Water in May is bread all the year." 



" Mist in May and heat in June 

 Make a harvest come right soon." 



"Drought never bred scarcity." 



" If it rains on St Swithin's day it will rain for forty days." 



" Dry August and warm 

 Doth harvest no harm." 



" Bain before seven, fine before eleven." 



" Three hoar frosts bring rain." 



" There are twenty fair days in October." 



"There are fifteen days in November when you don't need a great coat." 



"The winds of the day wrestle and fight 

 Longer and stronger than those of the night." 



" If the ice will bear a man before Christmas, it won't bear a goose after." 

 " A green yule makes a fat churchyard." 

 " An early winter 

 A surly winter." 



