Weather Lore

1 st May Day
Celebrates the rites of spring and fertility.
19 th St Dunstan`s Day
St.Dunstan made a pact with the devil that ensures that apple and pear blossoms will be spared late frosts nine years out of ten.
No frosts 03.04.05,06,07
30 th Ascension Day
(40 days after Easter)
Working in the garden on this day would result in poor or blighted crops.
General
Ne`er cast a clout
E`er May is out.
Occasionally, it snows in May!
If you would your doctor pay
Leave your flannels off in May.
May 2008 & 2010 was very cold here
Be it weal or be it woe
Beans blow before May go.
2005 was very windy
A dry May and a dripping June
Brings everything in tune.
2007 should be tuneful!


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2010
With the exception of a mini heatwave lasting 4 days,May was another cold month.Rainfall was well below average
and plants still struggled to thrive.Many
bedding plants were killed by late frosts.

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