 | Sir George Webbe Dasent - 1874 - 340 pages
...on the bier, As that Candlemas Day should be pleasant and clear,' or, as an old almanack says:— "' If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have...and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again.'" It so happened that the morning was clear, and bright, and mild, and \ve could see away across the... | |
 | Proverbial folk-lore - 1874 - 176 pages
...rich year. Tinder water famine, under snow bread. A cool Summer, and a light weight in the bushel. If Candlemas day be fair and bright Winter will have another flight: If Candlemas day be cloud and rain Winter is gone, and will not come again. But now for the months... | |
 | 1875 - 712 pages
...Candlemas Day be wet and foul, The half o' Winter's gone at Yule." Or, as another version puts it— " 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." This idea is common throughout... | |
 | Frederick Edward Hulme - 1877 - 270 pages
...though it ia still one of the recognised half-yearly terms in Scotland. According to old belief— " If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have...and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again." Both in the Anglican and Eoman branches of the Church the day is observed in commemoration of the presentation... | |
 | Joaquín María Bartrina - 1881 - 426 pages
...reigle se gouverne » 1 J ours, qui retourne en sa caveme. » I-os ingleses tienen el siguiente refran : «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. » y á la vella á la... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1882 - 586 pages
...lately. And of this hydden treasure the rhyming proverbe here quoted goes commonly and anciently.—R. If Candlemas day be fair and bright, winter will have another flight : if on Candlemas day it be shower and rain, ill winter is gone, and will not come again. The same... | |
 | United States. Army. Signal Corps - 1883 - 162 pages
...lies on a red-hot stove. Just half your wood and half your hay Should be remaining on Candlemas day. If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have...and rain, Winter is gone and will not come again. On Candlemas day just so far as the sun shines in, just so far will the snow blow in. Corpus Christi.... | |
 | William Francis Henry King - 1887 - 628 pages
...Henley. 4686. Si sol splendescat Maria purificante Major erit glacies post festum quam fait ante. (L.) If Candlemas day be fair and bright Winter will have another flight. 4687. Siste modum, dixit, ñeque enim fortuna querenda Sola tua est : similes aliorum réspice casus,... | |
 | William Douglas Parish, William Francis Shaw - 1887 - 388 pages
...sky, Not four and twenty hours dry. A mackerel sky and mares' tails Make lofty ships carry low sails. If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight : If Candlemas day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone and won't come again. When the wind is in the... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1888 - 602 pages
...If Cadburye Castle and Dolbury Hill dolven were, all England might plough with a golden sheere, 202. 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, 37. If death be... | |
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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." There is a humorous proverb in Ray's collection, to the same effect:—• " The hind had as licf see... 
