Part 2

A MEDLEY OF WEATHER LORE

A MEDLEY OF WEATHER LORE

JANUARY

Ancient Cornish name for the month: Mis-jenver, cold air month.

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Jewel for the month: Garnet. Constancy.

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If Janiveer calends be summerly gay, 'Twill be wintry weather till the calends of May.

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The wind of the South will be productive of heat and fertility; the wind of the West, of milk and fish; the wind from the North, of cold and storm; the wind from the East, of fruit on the trees.

Scotland.

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At New Year's tide The days lengthen a cock's stride.

Proverb in the North.

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A cold January, a feverish February, a dusty March, a weeping April, a windy May, presage a good year and gay.

France.

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Warwickshire countrymen to ensure good luck bow nine times to the first New Moon of the year.

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A snow year, a rich year.

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The blackest month of all the year Is the month of Janiveer.

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Through all the sad and weary hours Which cold and dark and storms will bring, We scarce believe in what we know-- That time drags on at last to Spring.

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The empty pastures blind with rain.

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