(a) Dry May
Brings nothing gay.
(b) Mist in May, heat in June,
Makes the harvest come right soon.
(c) Shear your sheep in May,
And shear them all away.
(d) Change not a clout
Till May be out.
(e) A dry May and a leaking June
Make the farmer whistle a merry tune.
(f) A May wet was never kind yet.
(g) For an east wind in May,
'Tis your duty to pray.
(h) Fogs in February mean frosts in May.
(i) Who shears his sheep before St. Gervatius' Day
(May 13th), loves more his wool than his sheep.