166 OF PROGNOSTICKS. CHAP. 4. 8. 



the reader may judge from time to time how 

 far any of these are correct, and may compare 

 them with his own experience, I insert the 

 following, most of which were collected by 



Ray:* 



Janiveer freese the pot by the fire. 



If the grass grow in Janiveer, 



It grows the worse for't all the year. 



Who in Janiveer sows oats, gets gold and groats. 



Who sows in May, gets little that way. 



If Janiveer calends be summerly gay, 



'Twillbe winterly weather till the calends of May. 



On Candlemas Day throw candle and candlestick 



away. 



When Candlemas Day is come and gone, 

 The snow lies on a hot stone. 



February fill dike, be it black or be it white : 

 But if it be white, it's the better to like. 



Februeer doth cut and shear. 

 The hind had as lief see his wife on the bier, 

 As that Candlemas Day should be pleasant and 

 clear. 



February "makes a bridge, and March breaks it. 



t See also an entertaining book called Time's Telescope, 

 published in 12mo. in London last year, 1814, p. 358. 



