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Hiyah Nolls like your version better.. June xx

when my children was small my mum used to say never leave their vests of till may was over or they will have a cold and i must say i always listern to mum lol Rosex

OO susan thats the words my mum used so i dont think it was the flower ? Rosex

Yes Susan, it's the May flower... I only found that out myself a few years ago cos I was saying to my Mum one year when we were camping in May... 'It's bloomin boiling ... I wonder why the saying tells you not to take any clothes off until May's gone' She said to me 'It's the flowers on the May tree' which flowers around April, May time like most blossoms apparently

oops lol ok pehaps it was lol Rosex

Blooming eck wish someone had told my grandma that it was the flower she always insisted I was wrapped up warm in May even when it was warm! thank heavens Mum never bothered Norah

Hi June, heard of this one? Rain before 7, fine after 11. A local saying ~ When Bardsey is clear, rain is near. Stella X X X

Hi June. The Winter Hill television transmitter stands on Rivington Moor and there is an old saying round here - If Rivington do wear a hood Be sure the day will be no good. Jeff x

More country sayings ' A daisy year is a lazy year. As the day lengthens so the cold strengthens. When the hen moults before the cock The ground will be as hard as a block. A wet and windy May Fills the barns with corn and hay. March dust, worth a King's ransom. Jeff x

Thanks Folks for your sayings a good assortment. March really is coming in like a LION here at the Seaside.. June xx

Funny, me and mum were talking about this just an hour ago. She was saying about months of the year but she could not remember them all MARCH winds APRIL showers MAY flowers she couldn't get the others anybody know then i can copy them for her Janet

Cow's tail to the west - weather at its best Cow's tail to the east - weather at its least fine if you know where east and west are lol!

Snow in the hollow More to follow

January brings the snow Makes your feet & fingers glow February's ice & sleet Freeze the toes right off your feet Welcome March with wintry wind Would thou wert not so unkind April brings the sweet spring showers On & on for hours & hours Farmers fear unkindly May Frost by night & hail by day June just rains & never stops Thirty days & spoils the crops In July the sun is hot Is it shining? No it's not August, cold & dank & wet Brings more rain than any yet Bleak September's mist & mud Is enough to chill the blood Then October adds a gale Wind & slush & rain & hail Dark November brings the fog Should not do it to a dog Freezing wet December, then B****y January again January brings the snow................... Coutesy of Flanders & Swann

Couple of old matelot sayings, 1) If the wind's before the rain, the sun will shine again 2) If the rain's before the wind, trim your tops'ls fore and hind Pretty standard throughout the world is, 3) If you can see yon hill, its going to rain, if you can't see yon hill, then its raining Derek in France

Patricia Thanks for the words, my mum will enjoy that, have printed them off janet

Thanks again everyone some i have never heard of at all.. Junexx