Author Topic: Frosty ? (Read 4988 times)

Nigella · « **on:** May 16, 2005, 08:50:32 »

More frosts possible this week >:(

Just as I was started to get excited :(

Doris_Pinks · « **Reply #1 on:** May 16, 2005, 08:53:23 »

I shall get my thermals back out then! :(

Roy Bham UK · « **Reply #2 on:** May 16, 2005, 21:06:51 »

:o Sheer neer a clout til May is out :o ;D

tim · « **Reply #3 on:** May 16, 2005, 21:08:24 »

The May has been out for 3 weeks!!

Roy Bham UK · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2005, 21:13:58 »

Why I wonder did they not say Sheer ne'er a clout til the may blossom is out ??? I searched Google when Merry Tiller said same and could not find anything that mentioned it to be blossom ???

Georgie · « **Reply #5 on:** May 16, 2005, 21:24:14 »

I was always told it meant until May was finished ie it was June, but that was when I lived in the frozen north - north of Watford Gap you understand! ;)

G xx

Roy Bham UK · « **Reply #6 on:** May 16, 2005, 21:58:55 »

;D Snap ;D

Amazin · « **Reply #7 on:** May 16, 2005, 22:12:52 »

Ah, I feel another update coming:

Keep thy thermals on
Till May be gone

Oh someone shoot me now...

ruudbarb · « **Reply #8 on:** May 16, 2005, 22:32:25 »

Quote from: Roy Bham UK on May 16, 2005, 21:13:58

Why I wonder did they not say Sheer ne'er a clout til the may blossom is out ??? I searched Google when Merry Tiller said same and could not find anything that mentioned it to be blossom ???

Hi Roy - the May is of course the hawthorn blossom and therefore doesn't need 'blossom' added as it would literally mean 'til the may may be out. Or may not if it's not then it's mayn't....... ??? ??? ??? Brain hurting again. 8)

CotswoldLass · « **Reply #9 on:** May 16, 2005, 22:36:10 »

Don't know the sayings but yesterday was in garden in bikini, today in jumper......

Merry Tiller · « **Reply #10 on:** May 16, 2005, 22:54:35 »

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‘Ne’er caste a clout ‘til May be out’ refers to May blossom (hawthorn, ...) rather than the month of May. The advice of country folk in this saying was to make sure to keep your vest on (clout meaning a vest or undergarment) until the May blossom was on the hedgerows — which these days happens in April rather than May, more often than not. This would indicate that the weather had really warmed up!

It's true :P

legless · « **Reply #11 on:** May 17, 2005, 08:08:49 »

but on a positive note the wind is changing on wednesday apparently which should warm things up (although it'll probably be wetter but hey, you can't have everything and i think i'd rather have rain)

tim · « **Reply #12 on:** May 17, 2005, 08:35:55 »

Thank you, Clodders & MT!!

djbrenton · « **Reply #13 on:** May 17, 2005, 08:38:34 »

I follow metcheck avidly and it seems to be pretty accurate. They've got tonight frosty but then it just gets warmer and warmer for the rest of May.

Roy Bham UK · « **Reply #14 on:** May 17, 2005, 11:32:01 »

Just found this codswallop on this site http://www.devonshirebabe.com/index.htm
Although it does say click here to read some interesting facts about the month of May. ;D

To wash blankets in May is considered unlucky, and there is a saying 'Ne'er cast a clout 'til May is out', which means don't leave off your wooly underwear until the month of May is past! :o :P ;D

Thank you Georgie ;D

tim · « **Reply #15 on:** May 17, 2005, 12:47:56 »

Lucky we're all so broad minded!!

kitty · « **Reply #16 on:** May 17, 2005, 15:07:15 »

i sew meself into me vest from september to july.. ;)
a bikini has not passed this threshold for many a moon........

i still get letters of thanks from the neighbours ;D

Georgie · « **Reply #17 on:** May 17, 2005, 18:08:57 »

This thread has made me ;D after a grim day at work. Thanks folks.

G xx

[who hadn't realised she was taking sides but thank goodness it's all light-heated - there are other boards where this have meant war! ::) ]

ruudbarb · « **Reply #18 on:** May 17, 2005, 20:12:41 »

Quote from: kitty on May 17, 2005, 15:07:15

i sew meself into me vest from september to july.. ;)
a bikini has not passed this threshold for many a moon........

Hi Kitty - you forgot to mention the goose fat smeared all over prior to sewing up............ ::) ::) ::)

ruudbarb · « **Reply #19 on:** May 17, 2005, 20:15:37 »

Quote from: Georgie on May 17, 2005, 18:08:57

This thread has made me ;D after a grim day at work. Thanks folks.

G xx

[who hadn't realised she was taking sides but thank goodness it's all light-heated - there are other boards where this have meant war! ::) ]

'Light heated' - WOW! I'll have some of that for me greenie if it's cheap.......... :o :o :o

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