Topic: Gardening and Weather Rhyms and Sayings

[sarah]

Clout is an item of clothing or cloth so the saying means don't put your winter woolies away till the May blossom is out as you will still need it for cold spells.  

are you sure it doesnt mean dont sow your seeds? i have had that saying in my brain for forty years and thought  i knew what it meant!!  the older i get, the less i know !! ???

[Jeannine]

Actuall the Mayflower took pilgrims !!

[Obelixx]

Sarah - 'fraid so.  See here for full explanation of the saying and its terms - http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/till-may-is-out.html

[sarah]

wow. well i stand corrected (not for the first time i hasten to add!)  :-\. what about all that other stuff cluttering up my brain that i thought was right? do cows lie down when its going to rain to keep the grass dry? does moss really grow on the north side of the tree? can a dandylion tell me the time? all this stuff is going to keep me awake at night. will counting sheep really......

thanks for the link obbelix its really interesting. ;)

[Jeannine]

 It was woolie knicks after all I thought so ,it was my Mums favourite saying I think, fleecy lined  Liberty bodices, I am surprised she didn't stitch me in them for the winter XXXJeannine

[nippie]

Actuall the Mayflower took pilgrims !!

Thanks Jeannine, I didn't "get it" till you wrote that  :D :D
I remember being stisched into liberty bodices too  ;D ;D

[Jeannine]

Did you have the long school knickers too , the ones with pocket for your toffee!!

[nippie]

Did you have the long school knickers too , the ones with pocket for your toffee!!

:o ;D ;D I had long school knickers but I don't remember keeping toffees in them.
Well it is a beautifull day here and it has reminded me of another rhyme;
Spring has sprung,
the grass has rizz,
I wonder where the birdies izz.
"To be said in a Devonshire accent," I cant remember any more of it  :D

[Obelixx]

The birdie's on the wing but that's absurd.
I always thought the wing was on th ebird.

[Froglegs]

Did you have the long school knickers too , the ones with pocket for your toffee!!

 Just love it when ya talk dirty Jeannine :-*..... :-[... ;)

[sarah]

The birdie's on the wing but that's absurd.
I always thought the wing was on th ebird.

who is that obbelix / it rings a bell. ogdan nash?  spike milligan?

[Curryandchips]

A bit of googling ...

Spring is sprung.
The grass is riz.
I wonder where the birdies is?
The bird is on the wing.
Now isn't that absurd?
I always thought the wing was on the bird!

Spring has sprung, the buds all break
Spring has sprung and nature wakes

Spring has sprung, winter's gone
Now we sing our happy song
Tra-la, la-la, la-la, lay
Sweep the old dead leaves away


(Variously attributed to Anonymous, Spike Milligan, Ogden Nash)