 | Thomas Forster - Climatology - 1823 - 490 pages
...they'll come down by the rills. Winter's thunder, and summer's flood, Never boded Englishman good. 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. If St. Paul's... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...metrical proverb, frequently quoted in Poor Robin's, Moore's, and other Almanacks, reminds us : — If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have...and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again. This adage seems, in part, to be a free translation of the prophetic ancient verses quoted yesterday... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...port: " If Candlemaa-day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight ; But if Candlemas-day 2 The next old saw is nearer the truth than either of the preceding: '• When Candlerms-clay is come... | |
 | Thomas Furly Forster - 1827 - 522 pages
...proverbs related in the subsequent part of this work. We have all heard from our infancy the adage, " If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight;" and I find by examining journals that this is generally correct. Candlemas eve, being recorded, during... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1833 - 336 pages
...another of these irrational inferences from the weather of one day to that of a distant period : 1 If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have...and rain, Winter is gone and will not come again.' A few of these notions are still prevalent in remote districts. Mrs. Grant, in her account of the superstitions... | |
 | 1834 - 604 pages
...day be bright and cleare, It doih betide a happy yeare," &c. And the other on Candlemas day : — " If Candlemas day be fair and bright. Winter will have another flight : Bat if Candlemas day be cloud! and rain, Winter le gone, and will not come again." We cannot for... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1835 - 876 pages
...port: " 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 Candleims-day is come and... | |
 | 1836 - 98 pages
...following lines ; 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. FEBRUARY 14,— St. Valentine's day. Of this Saint little is known, except that he was a priest of... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 954 pages
...port: " 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 Candlemis-day is come and... | |
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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. 
