...or may be the last of March." The most common rhyme on this subject, in Scotland, goes thus : — " March borrowed from April Three days, and they were ill : The first "" them was wind and wcet, The second o' them was snaw and sleet, The third <>' them was ale a freeze...

...traditions of their forefathers.' The most common rhyme on this subject, in Scotland, goes thus : — March borrowed from April Three days, and they were ill : The first o' them was wind and weet, The second o' them was snaw and sleet, The third o' them was sic a freeze, It froze...

...will do you no harm, Wheaten bread will sweeten your blood, Oaten bread will strengthen your arm. 2. March borrowed from April Three days and they were ill The first was wun an' weet The second snaw an' sleet The third was a freeze That would ha' freezed the birds'...

...received traditions of their forefathers.' The most common rhyme on this subject, in Scotland, goes thus: March borrowed from April Three days, and they were ill : The first o' them was wind and weet ; The second o' them was snaw and sleet ; The third o' them was sic a freeze, A Stirlingshire...

...If Candlemas day be wet and foul, The half o' winter's gane at Yule. H WEATHER RHYMES— continued. MARCH borrowed from April Three days, and they were ill ; The first of them was wind and weet, The second of them was snow and sleet, The third of them was such a freeze...

...hirplin hame. Mr. Henderson, in his recent work on the " Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties," says, " Old people presage the weather of the coming season...first o' them war wind an' weet, The next o' them war gnaw an' sleet, The last o' them war wind an' rain, Which gaed the silly pair ewes come toddling hame....

...comes on the borrowing days,' — namely, the three last days in March ; for as the old rhyme says, ' March borrowed from April Three days, and they were ill ; The first was sleet, the second was snow, The third was the worst that ever did blow.' * The marigold is so called...

...of April Three days, and they are ill ; April borrows of March again Three days of wind and rain. " March borrowed from April Three days, and they were ill ; The first was frost, the second was snaw, The third was cauld as ever't could blaw. ' ' The first day was wind...

...lion an gang oot like a lam'." There are two versions of the rhyme about the " borrowing days":— " March borrowed from April Three days, and they were ill ; The first it wiz snaw an sleet, The second it was caul an weet, The third it was sic a freeze The birds' nibs...

...March never begs its bread. — Denham. March in Janiveer, Janiveer in March I fear. -"-.Ray, 1670. March borrowed from April Three days, and they were ill, The first was frost, the second was snaw, The third was cauld as e«er't could blaw. — Denham April borrows...