New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-31

Goth u . fresh and fragrant klnne,
To honor whit,ontdc.
Green pushes then and sweetest bents.
with cooler oxen hourr-,
Come I'm comedy ornaments,
To rc-adora the house.
Thu. times do shift; each thing hi. DO, hold
New thing, succeed former things grow DID,
In onntber POEM he gives the same advice about
,, removal of the Christmas green and he the
vonng women Of the house especially that f1r every
Leaf that they allow 10 stay on the walls AFTER
cnndcma, Eve they shall a goblin. But there IS
reinsurance In a ceremony for Candlemas Day itseh
which IIcrrick cnioins IN a third poem;
Klndle the Christmas brand, ana th'n
TIL .unne-set let It burnc;
which qucncht, then lay ir up aeen
TIL Christmas nest rcturnc
Part must be kept vherewith to teend
The Chrstmas log next yearr'
And whore u, safely kept he hcnd
Con do no ni.chefe there.
who thcn would fear COLLINS when such certain
.afty i, 80 easily 10 tc had the safety against the
Aend from the preserved brand recalls the formula
for the blessing OF candles on Candcmas Day, IN
which II Is prayed that In what places soevcr 1t be
Hyhted Or set the devil may avoid out Of those
hobitatlons and trcublc for fear and fly away dis
oouraged.s Hcrrick seems determined that there
.holI he no more Of Christina, from this time and he
gvc, one more Injunction which IS not likely ever 10
be- popular with Americans:
End now the white. loafe and the pye.
And lct all sports with chm tina dye
Their, used b. be a Candlcmas custom In the schools
NJ scotland which would probably meet with som"
onp.itiou from puucruou, con-cicnccs In tue REGION
# New York and New England. Each Of the school
children on coming 10 school In the morning, brought
n present Of money 10 the master. The sums Wo"ld
vary from ia pence to seven shilllngN according I"
the means Of the parents. The boy and the eri VINO
| we're found to have brought the largest sums were
declared to be the king and the queen, ana were at
once cnthroned nt one end Of the schooroom, while
the rest of the pupils tremendously ACKNOWLEDGED
| them A. their sovcrclsns. The master next spent
| a part Of the money hc had received for ~hiNhey
and biscuits or pcrlap, he had them ready before
hand trusting to be reimbursed for his expenditure
| with the whlskcy he made Il punch which was hr't
tasted by the king and queen. and then the rest Of
the court drank to the health and HAPPY reign Of the
| monnrchs This rite being performed the school was
dismissed 10 the enjoyment Of the holIday, which
| ended with "A bonfire. locally called blocze.' The
money given 10 the master was alSo called bcezc.'
no doubt getting It's name from the fire.
| But the chief fame Of Candlemas Day is derived
from rs power. which has already been referred TO- Of
foretelling the general nature Of the OF the
ter The signs, which have been everywhere and In
all times the same, simply these: If the
sun shines on Candemas Day, the win
| ter will yet be long and cold, while
| If Candlcmas Day Is cold and chccrless with snow
have been expressed IN many languages In the homey
verse that is usual in proverbs Scotch couplet
'"'' II Can emas Is fair and clear
Thcra'll be winters in the year
A more comprehensive formula. also Scotch, this
II Candlcmas Day be- dry and fair
The hall o. winters to come and nair;
II Candlcmas Day be wet foul.
| The half o. winters at Yuc.
| John Brand in his observations the Popular
| Antiquities u Great Britain" quotes from The Country
Almanac for 1876 follows:
| touI weather T. no news, nail rain and
| Are now expected and esteemed no woe
! Nay It's an bad the ycomcn say
| II Phoebus shows his face the second day.
| Here is another I'm good plain and brief English:
| II Condlcma- Day be- fair ard bright
| Winter will have another hight
But II Candlemas Day be- clouds and rain
| Winter has gone and will again
The beEof Is expressed again with rather startling
| emphasis In this stanza:
| The hind had as lief see
| His "a bier
A. that Candcmas Day
Should be pleasant and clear.
The form Of this is somewhat BIKE the German
| proverb: The shepherd would rather the wolf
| enter his stable on Candlcmns Day than the sun
| Tho memory of the writer and is probably SO still
was rs nearly rs he can recall 1t:
A. far a. the shines In on Condemns Day.
So far viii blow In before May;
As far a. the blows in Candonas Day,
So far VIII the shine In before May.
Ten minutes Of sunshine or snow would Of course be
enough for the literal ulilment OF this prophecy but
The meaning OF 1t is obviously the same that
others one Of the most Interesting variations OF this
Sincr,tiiion /. that which connects IL with the move
mcnto Of certain animals, 1t !, the German belief that
| Tho badger comes out Of his hole tbs to OBJ
nrye The weather II IL finds the shining IL hur.
res hack 10 it, shelter and If the day proves foul it
| stays out IN the co<,denc OF AN early change In
80 country tLc same belief has attached to the ground
! hog or woodchuck which Is said To come out the
a sDS Of February 10 look for It's own shadow. II it
800 lis sndOw Ii retreats. but II II casts shadow
! on the ground 1t joyfully dsport' Itself.
VII ~ osrse the other side must be heard and the
,ca M, ,nLelIef will always assert Itself. but
con quarrel viii, honest an unoceyer - Sir Thomas
| quotes
| q Sol splcndescat Mera purihcants
Major crit gTacie- post festum guam fuit ante.
An, 1, 4, cIcnr that he does not believe II. But In
| ma charac,.rstic whimsical way he bases his doubts