The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-11

~ the proverbs which have sprung from
che eommon sayings and experiences of the
people og various nagians are th0~e relating
to sAc wcsihcr. We have gooi number
Of them IN Cur own language. and lest they
may bc fuEgusten IN these days when any
ono may learn at breakfast, from the ;ele-
gram in the morning paper. what ''Old
Prob predicts the weather # the day viii
he. we have sslccted few of she H,osi pop
ulr. How true : the wellknown saying
Evepgns ssay and rzsors,iax SySi
-essd sae sAspsrya ae. " tzsl
Exesta< nd Ass5 - sFniaz gray
Are thr ssFs ss<Hs ~ = ysrs ans Day.
Also this
~N4ekrrrl sky ta&ekrfcl sk5.
Never lonx ves and asyyf ksng dry
And again
''Ezla hcfare seven.
Fiae hes9Fe cfssen-
There are but few children who cannot
pcpsai the familiar ditty
a sasniou Ia the nsegisiaz
a the sh<pAcrsias Warning
4 rainbow ~ rtEhs
j. ths shephefis delight
In which Il win b. remembered that IN
the morning the rainbow viii appear in the
west in the evening in the east The
-ailor often takes the place of the shepherd
In these lines. Il i 20 this proyeTb that
Lord Byroa aliudos in his beautiful ver~e~
-Ils gh0a sie ralnbow 70 the storms Of Iiss.
The evening beau that Smiles The clouds away.
And tn.s - sanTroN sin prophetic ray
Then again, how true l. the old saying ;
when the sind i northwest.
The weather l. az the bezS
hui II the rAia egEaes aut u the east.
Twill rain tuice twenty soar hptlrs al the least
The ahoge aEe geaefal proverbs, appiiea-
bic to all times but We have an unusual
number which describe the evils Of too
early approach Of spring, or rather Of spring
weather Thus for January We have
sIfihe grass grows in ysniveer,
lssf0ss ghe Hots ios'i AZ iAe IeaE
And again
sofsil the months in year.
Caraes fair FebFuccT-
And for March, in quaint old English
aAsnAHy misies.ss IN March
- many frossises IN May-
As also the well-known adage
III March comes in like Lion goes ont like lamb
Ifit comes in like lamb, it goes out like liOn.
Everybody knows the familiar
April showers
hFfaa Asy aower,n
To which We add
a cold April
The barn Will AL
And another. praising the prolongation
Of the fierce winds of March
when April blows his horn
IT'S good both ier hay and corn
For May We have the simple
Mist in May and heat in June.
Make the harvest come right soOn-
And again;
who dom his coat oa a xinselg day
VIII gladly pat Il on Ia May"
For june stands the single couplet
"A dripping June
Rrings all things in tune
To the farmers in Wiltshire, England,
We are indebted for all these proverbs rela-
ting 20 the FIRST six months Of the year,
and proclaiming the acknowledged fact that
a long winter and tardy spring promise
more abundant crops than the pleasanter
but unreasonable warmth which sometimes
gladden. our hearts in late winter and early
spring. That such premature mildness of
the seasons does not really advance vegeta-
tANhs NNNiN hifc WHu kAiAlNdtSP SdIutiA
well knows.
This proyerb has been found to be true
There's always fine week in February
The oak and the ash are thought to fore
tell the heat or wetness Of the summer, as
the one or the other puts forth its leaves
the earlier in the spring hence this pro-
verb:
ash before oak there'll be a smoke
Oak before ash there II be smash
In praise of the advantages of high
wind in autumn we have;
"A good October. and good blast
To BLOW the bog acorn and mast"
We close with the beautiful tradition
that when the bushes are loaded with ber-
ries in the fall, hard winter may be ex-
pected since in this way We may see the
kind Providence which prepares food for
the birds in their time of need