 | 1834 - 604 sider
...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 - 1835 - 876 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 sider
...cloudy and louring, a mild and gentle season ensuing." This agrees with cne of Ray s proverbs : " 'I In- hind had as lief see his wife on the bier. As that Candlemas-day should be pleasant aud clear." So also Browne, in his " Vulgar Errois," affirms, that... | |
 | Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841 - 546 sider
...Almanaes did not neglect this day : one of them BOOK thus partly imitates the proverb : — Caudlemat " If Candlemas Day be fair and bright Winter will have...collection, to the same effect : — " The hind had as licf see his wife on the bicr, As that Candlemas Day should be pleasant and clear." Among the atmospherical... | |
 | Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841 - 954 sider
...Almanacs did not neglect this day : one of them BOOK thus partly imitates the proverb: — CanJlemat " If Candlemas Day be fair and bright Winter will have...is a humorous proverb in Ray's collection, to the вате effect : — " The hind had as lief see his wife on the bier, As that Candlemas Day should... | |
 | Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841 - 542 sider
...Candelarum, Fettum Lwninum ; Orcurtut; Hypapnnti, Purrftcatio Beata !Uar'ur ; Yftanti. The old Almanaes did not neglect this day: one of them BOOK thus partly...But if Candlemas Day be clouds and rain, Winter is gonc and will not come again." There is a humorous proverb in Ray's collection, to the same effect... | |
 | 1844 - 858 sider
...pleasant and clear. If Candlemas-day bo 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, Tho snow lies on a hot stone. February fill dike, be it black... | |
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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. 
