 | Mel Goldstein - 2002 - 420 pages
...centuries, Candlemas Day was thought to mark an important point in winter, possibly a turning point. "If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, winter will have another flight. But if Candlemas brings clouds and rain, winter is gone and won't come again." Later, bears, badgers, and woodchucks... | |
 | Drew Monkman - 2002 - 360 pages
...long been associated with the idea of forecasting the coming of spring. An old English poem states: "If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight." If Candlemas Day be cloud and rain, Then winter will not come again." Many early peoples believed that... | |
 | George Latimer Apperson - 2006 - 656 pages
...Si Sol splendescat Maria purificante, Major crit glacies post festum quam fuit ante). 1678: Ray, 51, If Candlemas day be fair and bright Winter will have another flight. 1732: Fuller, 6486 [as in 1678]. 1799: Gent. Mag., Pt I, p. 203, If the sun shines Г th' forenoon... | |
 | Bruce Stutz - 2006 - 255 pages
...there's morning sunlight), the prediction is another six weeks of winter. Just so, the folk saying goes: "If Candlemas day be fair and bright, winter will have another flight. If Candlemas day be shower and rain, winter is gone and will not come again." February 10 10 HOURS,... | |
 | Bruce Stutz - 2006 - 255 pages
...there's morning sunlight), the prediction is another six weeks of winter. Just so, the folk saying goes: "If Candlemas day be fair and bright, winter will have another flight. If Candlemas day be shower and rain, winter is gone and will not come again." February 10 IO HOURS,... | |
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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... 
