Articles about 'Rhymes about the Seasons'
March 27th, 2012
The last three days of March are said to be "borrowed from April."
March said to April. I see 3 sheep upon a hill; And if you’ll lend me three days I’ll find a way to make them die. ...
March 2nd, 2010

Yesterday, I was talking with a lady, whose parents are from Italy, about how happy I am that it’s finally March. She said, “Why?” I said because February is finally over. She said, “Marzo è pazzo”. It’s an Italian saying meaning “March is crazy”… you can never depend on March...
May 20th, 2009
Rebeca Garcia Mendoza wrote
Hi! I’m a Spanish girl who is preparing resources to teach English to Spanish children. I’m looking for rhymes about seasons and I have a problem. I cannot find a short one of Spring.
If anybody knows one, please, tell me!
Thanks.
If anyone can help out Rebeca, please let us know in the...
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April 5th, 2009
Here’s a sweet little nursery rhyme about April, that can be found in The Only True Mother Goose Melodies (c. 1843)…
In April’s Sweet Month
Nursery Rhyme
In April’s sweet month,
When the leaves ‘gin* to spring,
Little lambs skip like fairies
And birds build and sing.
*begin
Enjoy the delights of Springtime!
Mama Lisa
March 30th, 2006
Yesterday I saw the first daffodils of the season. It made me think of an old English rhyme, which goes…
Daffy-down-dilly is new come to town,
With a yellow petticoat and a green gown.
An alternative version is…
Daffy-down-dilly is new come to town,
With a petticoat green, and a bright yellow gown,
And her white blossoms are peeping around.
Seeing...
March 17th, 2006
March brings breezes loud and shrill,
To stir the dancing daffodil.
March comes in like a lion
And goes out like a lamb.
Sometimes it’s reversed…
March comes in like a lamb
And goes out like a lion.
A March sun sticks
Like a lock of wool.
There’s an old belief that if March is dry and dusty, there will be a better crop…
A...
March 17th, 2006
Bill wrote me…
In the 50s, in Montreal, girls used to celebrate Spring with skipping ropes and elastics. While playing the elastic game they sung a “ditty” that went somewhat like this…
Yolem a Kaiser,Yokem addiay….
Do you know what I am referring to?
Bill Conrod
If anyone is familiar with this ditty, please comment below.
I also...
January 29th, 2006
Groundhog Day, the popular American holiday, has its roots in the European holiday Candlemas.
Both seem to have developed from an ancient Celtic festival called Imbolc. Imbolc festivities involved lighting fires, in part in honor of Brigid, the Goddess of fertility, love and fire. Imbolc also celebrated the fact that the days would...
December 29th, 2005
Monique Palomares at Mama Lisa’s World en français sent me this Occitan saying about the end of the year. (Occitan was the language of the Troubadours.)…
“Per santa Luça lo jorn creis d’un pè de puça, per Nadal d’un pè de gal, per l’An Nòu d’un pè de buòu.”
“For St. Lucy, the day lengthens...
December 21st, 2005
St. Thomas’s Day is for Doubting Thomas, who was the last apostle to believe in Jesus’ resurrection. His day is on December 21st, usually the winter solstice and the darkest day of the year. St. Thomas’s Day is on this day because he remained in the dark the longest.
Here’s a nursery rhyme...
December 15th, 2005
Here are some Mother Goose rhymes about December…
Chill December brings the sleet,
Blazing fire and Christmas treat!
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When December snow falls fast,
Marry, and true love will last.
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The north wind doth blow,
And we shall have snow,
And what will poor Robin do then?
Poor thing.
He’ll sit in a barn,
And keep himself warm,
And hide his head under his wing.
Poor thing.
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