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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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"Till
St.
James's
Day
be
come
and
gone,
There
may
be
hops
or
there
may
be
none."
Speaking
of
hops,
it
is
said,
"plenty
of
ladybirds,
plenty
of
hops."
It
is
also
a
popular
notion
among
our
peasantry
that
if
a
drop
of
rain
hang
on
an
oat
at
this
season
there
will
be
a
good
crop.
Another
agricultural
adage
says:--
"No
tempest,
good
July,
lest
corn
come
off
bluely."
Then
there
is
the
old
Michaelmas
rhyme:--
"At
Michaelmas
time,
or
a
little
before,
Half
an
apple
goes
to
the
core;
At
Christmas
time,
or
a
little
after,
A
crab
in
the
hedge,
and
thanks
to
the
grafter."
On
the
other
hand,
the
blossoming
of
plants
at
certain
times
is
said
to
be
an
indication
of
the
coming
weather,
and
so
when
the
bramble
blooms
early
in
June
an
early
harvest
may
be
expected;
and
in
the
northern
counties
the
peasant
judges
of
the
advance
of
the
year
by
the
appearance
of
the
daisy,
affirming
that
"spring
has
not
arrived
till
you
can
set
your
foot
on
twelve
daisies."
We
are
also
told
that
when
many
hawthorn
blossoms
are
seen
a
severe
winter
will
follow;
and,
according
to
Wilsford,
"the
broom
having
plenty
of
blossoms
is
a
sign
of
a
fruitful
year
of
corn."
A
Surrey
proverb
tells
us
that
"It's
always
cold
when
the
blackthorn
comes
into
flower;"
and
there
is
the
rhyme
which
reminds
us
that:--
"If
the
oak
is
out
before
the
ash,
'Twill
be
a
summer
of
wet
and
splash;
But
if
the
ash
is
before
the
oak,
'Twill
be
a
summer
of
fire
and
smoke."
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