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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"When the wind's in the east on Candlemas Day
There it will stick till the second of May."
Feb 2, Caldlemas/Groundhog Day
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"When the wind's in the east on Candlemas Day (Original Post)
elleng
Feb 2021
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If it farts in the sheets on Candlemas Day, springtime is only a fortnight away.
Buns_of_Fire
Feb 2021
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dem4decades
(11,321 posts)1. Half your wood and half your hay, in the barn on Candlemas Day.
Solly Mack
(90,800 posts)2. It's the best day in the whole wide world.
I think so anyway. Groundhog Day, for me. I don't do the other.
BigmanPigman
(51,651 posts)3. If Phil has any sense he will stay in his hole where
there isn't any snow.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)4. If Candlemas be fair and bright, come winter, have another flight
If Candlemas be dark and gray, then hurry winter, go away. (Or: if Candlemas be dark and rain, winter is gone and wont come again.)
Probably other variations.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,213 posts)5. If it farts in the sheets on Candlemas Day, springtime is only a fortnight away.
One of Poor Richard's lesser-known quotes.
dem4decades
(11,321 posts)6. If it shits the sheets on Candlemas Day, 2020 is on its way.
I'm pretty sure 2020 shit the sheets.