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| Sourton, Devon, in February |
When drops hang on the fence on February 2nd, icicles shall hang there on March 14th.
There is always one fine week in February.
When it rains in February it will be temperate all the year.
All the months in the year curse a fine Februeer.
or,
If in February there be no rain,
The hay won't goody, nor the grain.
All other months of the year
Most heartily curse a fine Februeer.
The hay won't goody, nor the grain.
All other months of the year
Most heartily curse a fine Februeer.
February fill dyke, be it black or be it white ; but if it be white, the better to like.
If bees get out in February the next day will be rough and rainy.
When the cat in February lies in the sun, she will creep under the grate in March.
If the eighteen last days of February be wet, and the first days of March, you'll see that the spring quarter, and the summer too, will prove to be wet, and danger will ensue.
February and be ye fair,
The hoggs will mend, and nothing pair ;
February and be ye foul,
The hoggs will die in the pool (Scotch)."
The hoggs will mend, and nothing pair ;
February and be ye foul,
The hoggs will die in the pool (Scotch)."
Hewett 1900
[Yet again I find myself cursing, for Hewett has failed to say where any of her lore comes from (other than the book is about Devon lore) and has thrown in "Scotch" in brackets. Hopefully all she meant was that the pronounciation was somewhat Scotish, rather than that she has simply added the odd Scotish proverb to pad it out!]
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