 | Moses Aaron Richardson - 1844 - 436 halaman
...pleasant and clear. If Candlemas-day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight. If Candlemas-day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again. When Candlemas-day is come and gone, The snow lies on a hot stone. February fill dike, be it black... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1845 - 854 halaman
...louring, a mild and gentle season ensuing." To the same effect is the old prediction — " If Candlemai day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight;...and rain. Winter is gone, and will not come again." Very similar is the ancient Latin distich — " Si sol splendcirat Maria puriflcante, Major erit glacics... | |
 | 1846 - 430 halaman
...purport : " 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." The next old saw is nearer the truth than either of the preceding : " When Candlemas-day is come and... | |
 | Sports - 1847 - 72 halaman
...almanacs — " If Candlemas-day be fair and bright, Whiter will have another flight; But if Candlemas-day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again." These, and other recollections of Candlemas, are as common in London as in the more remote parts of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 372 halaman
...cold for the next six weeks or two months, that it has given rise to several proverbs, especially, If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight. Dr Forster states that he had consulted several journals of weather, which satisfied him that this... | |
 | Percy Society - 1847 - 358 halaman
...flight. If Candlemas-day is fair and clear, There'll be two winters in the year.J If Candlemas-day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again. * " Soulegrove sil lew," is an ancient Wiltshire proverb. t A married agricultural servant. J In the... | |
 | 1882 - 644 halaman
...the Sun shines in on Candlemas day, So far will the snow blow in afore old May." Then again : — " 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." Agreeing with... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1849 - 308 halaman
...custome is of great antiquity, and that it is derived from the gentiles." (Aubrey, MS. Lansd. 231.) If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight. It is generally the case that fine weather continues if it is mild at Candlemas. A somewhat similar... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 504 halaman
...that is recorded in some of the old almanacs, marking it as unlucky if the sun shines clear : — " If Candlemas day be fair and bright. Winter will have...and rain. Winter is gone, and will not come again." Another version runs thus : «Tls an omen bad, The yeomen say, If Phoebus shows his face The second... | |
 | 1856 - 678 halaman
...PUBIFICATION OF SAINT MAKY THE VIRGIN. SOJIETIUSS CALLED CAHDLEMASS DAT. February 2nd. It Candlemass Day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight ; But if Candlemass Day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again. And tometiines called "... | |
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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. 
