The ground cracks from dryness, and so do your hands and feet. The year's food, of course, must all be grown in those 4 months. In October and November, the granaries are full from the harvest. People sing, dance and eat two meals a day. December comes, and the granaries start to recede.
Many families omit the morning meal.
By January not one family in fifty is still eating two meals a day. By February, the evening meal diminishes. The meal shrinks even more during March and children succumb to sickness. You don't stay well on half a meal a day. April is the month that haunts my memory.