According to an old superstition, the weather at the end of March is always the exact opposite of that at the beginning, hence the saying ...
| “ | March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb | ” |
the scottish version of the same is ...
| “ | March comes in with an adder's head, but goes out with a peacock's tail. | ” |
A wet March has been regarded as a bad omen, for, says the proverb
| “ | A wet March makes a sad harvest.... A dry and cold March never begs its bread. | ” |
Another Saints day, again fortells future weather, in this case St Matthew
| “ | St. Matthew breaks the ice ; if he finds none, he will make it. | ” |
The last three days of March are called the Borrowing Days, said to have been a loan from April to March, the legend goes that March had a spite against an old woman, and wished to kill her cow; failing to do so in his own month, he borrowed three days of April to enable him to complete the task
| “ | March borrowed from April Three days, and they were ill; The first was frost, the second was snaw, The third was cauld as ever't could blaw. | ” |
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