Weather and
Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District
作者：Dack, Charles, 1848?-1923
体例：题 章数：80
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章节目录
共 80 题- PUBLISHED BY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
- WEATHER AND FOLK LORE OF PETERBOROUGH AND DISTRICT.
- JANUARY.
- ST. PAUL'S DAY, 25TH JANUARY.
- FEBRUARY.
- ST. VALENTINE'S DAY.
- MARCH.
- If March comes in smiling and gay
- MOTHERING SUNDAY.
- PALM SUNDAY.
- GOOD FRIDAY.
- APRIL.
- ST. MARK'S EVE.
- MAY.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- MAY DAY.
- Another variation is:--
- WHIT SUNDAY.
- In South Northamptonshire it is said:--
- JUNE.
- JUNE ROSES.
- ST. PETER'S DAY, 29TH JUNE.
- SHEEP SHEARING. (JUNE).
- MIDSUMMER EVE CHARMS.
- DUMB CAKE.
- SEPTEMBER.
- HARVEST HOME.
- Another:--
- OCTOBER.
- MOPS.
- ST. MARTIN'S DAY.
- NOVEMBER.
- ST. CATHERINE'S DAY, NOV. 25TH.
- DECEMBER.
- ST. ANDREW'S DAY.
- ST. THOMAS'S DAY, 21ST DECEMBER.
- CHRISTMAS.
- INNOCENTS DAY, DECEMBER 28TH.
- COUNTRY DANCES.
- SEDAN CHAIRS.
- FIT RINGS.
- WEDDING RINGS.
- GAMES.
- EARTH AIR AND WATER.
- I LOVE MY LOVE.
- HANDSELL.
- BOOT.
- CUTTING NAILS.
- White specks on the nails are called gifts, and the rhyme says:--
- MARRIAGE.
- BRIDE'S DRESS.
- ANIMALS.
- WHOOPING COUGH.
- WASHING.
- SNEEZING.
- PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL.
- BELLS.
- Tansor now possesses three bells, so their answer now is "We three do."
- PERSONAL.
- FOLK LORE (3)
- The moon, meek guardian of the night. _John Clare_ (unpub.)
- BIRDS.
- BEES.
- INSECTS.
- With regard to wearing out boots, there is a doggrel on this subject:--
- The following is in use at the present time:--
- I came across this Croyland rhyme some time since:--
- GENERAL.
- Children, even now, when they find a Ladybird or cow lady say:--
- PLANTS.
- Children gather Timothy grass and beginning with the top seed say:--
- FLOWERS AND SEEDS.
- Clare mentions these signs in his Shepherds Calender
- KING'S CLIFFE.
- GODMANCHESTER.
- HUNTINGDON.