Two weather-lore rhymes about Candlemas:
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1960
Track ID
82846
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.255.B8; SA1960.255.B9
Original Tape ID
Summary
Two weather-lore rhymes about Candlemas:
First comes Canlemas, an syne the new meen,
That meen fu an the next meen teem [empty]
...
...
If Canlemas day be clear and fair
The half o the winter's tae gyang an mair;
But if Canlemas day be weet and full
Half of the winter was by at Yule.
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good