Weather Lore

1st St Davids Day
The day that fleas return.Keep doors and windows closed.

2nd St Chads Day
Sow peas and beans on David and Chad,
Be the weather good or bad.

17 th St Patricks Day
The pious prune their roses on St Patricks Day,
The wordly on Grand National Day

General
A windy march foretells a fine May
True in 2004

March winds and April showers
bring forth May flowers.

March comes in like a lion
Goes out like a lamb.
True in 2003,04,05.08
As many mists in March as there are frosts in May.
False in 2003,04,05

2010
This winter seems interminable.
Many of these plants struggled with
prolonged spells of ice and snow
and appeared a couple of weeks
later than usual.
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