11th St
Martin`s Day Ice before Martinmas enough to bear a duck,
The rest of the winter`ll be slush and muck. It has been very mild...no ice
23rd St.Clement`s Day St Clement gives the winter. Yes,we had ground frost,but it was a a day
of sunshine and showers.
25 th St.Catherine`s Day St.Catherines foul or fair
So it will be next Februair. True each year! General Flowers in bloom late in November indicate a bad winter.
2003 there was honeysuckle,campanula, aubretia,fuschia.poppies,coronilla,geum,
penstemon,pansies,salvia,malva,
lobelia,petunia,primula,fatsia and feverfew.Winter not too bad
