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. ...

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...

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Here are some Mother Goose rhymes about December… Chill December brings the sleet, Blazing fire and Christmas treat! ___ When December snow falls fast, Marry, and true love will last. ___ 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. ___ More nursery...