Have a good day,
Finally, spring!
Nursery rhymes from yesteryear celebrated the return of the sun, starting precisely with the month of April:
In April, do not uncover yourself by a single thread,
In May, leave what you like,
In June, leave the one,
In July, leave the other one,
In August, quit everything!
Nature is turning green again
Everything buds, everything blooms, the birds build their nests, and the seasonal proverbs echo this:
When St. Fulbert's Day (April 10) comes, everything in the countryside is green.
On Saint Julian's Day (April 12), the wrens keep house in the church steeples.
Saint-Valérien buds (April 14), the fruit is not far off.
By mid-April, the wheat is in the ear.
On Saint Theodore's Day (April 20), every marigold blooms.
On Saint Frederick's Day (April 27), everything is green, everything is nests: plants, animals, and people, all smiling.
Sometimes still a bit of snow…
April sometimes sees the last snowfalls, especially … if the flowers bloom early, as frost destroys them, which foreshadows meager harvests.
We are not done with winter until April has passed.
There is no April so fair that it does not have snow under its hat.
April's flower hangs by a thread.
April's whims make the flowers fall and the plowmen tremble.
April snow devours the wheat as an ox would.
… often a lot of rain
Rain is often a certainty in April, but it was hardly feared in the past: on the contrary, it helped plants grow more thickly.
When April is rainy, the harvest is all the better for it.
A rainy April makes a happy May.
Marylena