A Medley of Weather Lore

Come away! The sunny hours Woo thee far to founts and bowers! O'er the very waters now, In their play, Flowers are shedding beauty's glow-- Come away! Where the lily's tender gl...

The first Monday in April Cain was born, and Abel was slain. The second Monday in August Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. The thirty-first of December Judas was born, who betr...

"An almanack is out at twelve months day, My legacy it doth endure for aye, But take you notice, though 'tis but a hint, It far exceeds some books of greater print."

Put in the sickles and reap, For the morning of harvest is red, And the long, large ranks of the corn, Coloured and clothed as the morn, Stand thick in the fields and deep, For...

According to the monks, it was very unlucky to begin any work on Childermas Day, and what soever day that falls on, whether on the Monday, or Tuesday, or any other, nothing must...