by Leslie Cox; Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Buried deep in the history behind Candlemas and Groundhog Days: 

If Candlemas [February 2] be mild and gay,
Go saddle your horses and buy them hay;
But if Candlemas be stormy and black,
It carries the winter away on its back.

Just half your wood and half your hay,
Should be remaining on Candlemas Day. 

On Candlemas Day,
The good goose begins to lay.

When the wind’s in the east on Candlemas Day,
There it will stick till the 2nd of May.

On Candlemas Day, if the thorns hang a drop,
You are sure of a good pea crop.