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Solly Mack

(90,785 posts)
2. It's the best day in the whole wide world.
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 01:25 AM
Feb 2021

I think so anyway. Groundhog Day, for me. I don't do the other.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
4. If Candlemas be fair and bright, come winter, have another flight
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 03:57 AM
Feb 2021

If Candlemas be dark and gray, then hurry winter, go away. (Or: if Candlemas be dark and rain, winter is gone and won’t come again.)

Probably other variations.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,194 posts)
5. If it farts in the sheets on Candlemas Day, springtime is only a fortnight away.
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 05:47 AM
Feb 2021

One of Poor Richard's lesser-known quotes.

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