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July Proverbs

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

If the first of July, it be rainy weather,
‘Twill rain, more or less, for four weeks together.

Hot July brings cooling showers,
Apricots and gillyflowers.

Those who in July are wed,
Must labor for their daily bread.

Bow-wow dandy fly,
Brew no beer in July.

Whatever July and August do not boil,
September cannot fry.

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June Proverbs

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

Here are some English proverbs and nursery rhymes about June…

June brings tulips, lilies, roses,
Fills the children’s hands with posies.

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Marry when June roses grow,
Over land and sea you’ll go.

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A good leak in June
Sets all in tune.

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A dripping June
Puts all things in tune.

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Calm weather in June
Sets all in tune.

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Here are some French proverbs about June. They’re mainly about the rain and crops…

Juin bien fleuri,
Vrai paradis.

June well in bloom,
True paradise.

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S’il pleut à la saint Médard,
Il pleuvra quarante jours plus tard,
À moins que saint Barnabé
Lui coupe l’herbe sous le pied.

If it rains for St Médard (on June 8th)
It will rain 40 days later,
Unless St Barnabé (on June 11th)
Cuts the grass below his feet.

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Eau de juin
Ruine le moulin.

June water (Rain in June)
Ruins the mill

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En juin c’est la saison
De tondre les moutons.

In June it’s the season,
To sheer the sheep.

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Qui en juin se porte bien,
Au temps chaud ne craindra rien.

Who in June is in good health,
Has nothing to fear in the hot weather.

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Here’s a Spanish proverb about June…

En junio, la hoz in puño.

In June, the scythe in hand.
(Meaning, It’s time to gather hay.)

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Feel free to comment below with proverbs from your country!

Many thanks to Monique of Mama Lisa’s World en français for sending me the Spanish proverb and some of the French proverbs.

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Question regarding a Saying about the First of May

Monday, May 1st, 2006

I received this email today…

Do you know the words to:

First of May is Petticoat Day;
Second of May is shoelace Day;

What comes next?

Thank You,

Rose Ann

If anyone knows the words to this saying, please comment below.

Thanks!

-Lisa

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April Proverbs from Around the World

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

It’s interesting to compare proverbs from different countries. Here are some I found from around the world. If you know of any others, you’re welcome to add them in the comments below.

English Proverbs about April

-April showers bring May flowers.
-Sweet April showers, do spring May flowers.
-April comes in with his hack and his bill, And sets a flower on every hill.
-April cold and wet fills barn and barrel.
-Betwixt April and May if there be rain, ‘Tis worth more than oxen and wain.
(A wain is a large open farm wagon.)
-April and May are the key of all the year.
-After a wet April, a dry June.
-Moist April, clear June.
-Fogs in April, floods in June.
-April weather, Rain and sunshine, both together.
-A cold April, much bread, and little wine.
-An April flood carries away the frog and her brood.
-April wears a white hat.

French Proverbs about April with their English translations

-En avril, ne te découvre pas d’un fil.
(Don’t put away your winter clothes, it might still get cold.)

-Avril et mai, Sont la clé de l’année.
(April and May are the key to the year.)

-D’avril les ondées, Font les fleurs de Mai.
(April Showers, Make May flowers.)

-Avril fait la fleur, Mai en a les honneurs.
(April makes the flowers, May has the honors.)

-Le vin d’avril est un vin de Dieu,
Le vin de mai est un vin de laquais.

(The wine of April is the wine of God
The wine of May is the wine of flunkeys.)

-Mars venteux et avril pluvieux,
Font mai gai et gracieux.

(Windy March, Rainy April,
Make a May that’s gracious and gay.)

Spanish Proverbs about April

-En abril, aguas mil.
(literally… In April, thousands of waters. Meaning… April is a rainy month.)

-Abril lluvioso hace a mayo hermoso.
(A rainy April makes a pretty May.)

German Proverb about April

-April macht was er will.
(April does what it wants.)

Italian Proverb about April

Aprile, ogni goccia un barile.
(literally… April, every drop, a barrel. Meaning… April, every raindrop, a barrel of wine.)

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I noticed that many of these proverbs are related to April weather.

Whatever the weather is where you live this month, I hope your April is fine!

Lisa

Many thanks to Monique of Mama Lisa’s World en français for sending me some of these proverbs, and for translating some of them too!

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Nursery Rhymes and Proverbs about March

Friday, 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 bushel of March dust is worth a King’s ransom.

A fair March is worth a king’s ransom.

A dry March and a wet May
Fill barns and bays with corn and hay.

A peck of March dust and a shower in May
Makes the corn green and the fields gay.

March water is worse
Than a stain in cloath*.

*That seems to be an obsolete spelling of cloth.

Here are happy ones to consider when you’re stuck inside because of the coming Spring rain…

March winds and April showers
Bring forth May flowers.

And…

In beginning or in end
March its gifts will send.

Be joyful, it’s almost Spring!

Lisa

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