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1 February

Folklore from the old calendars

A Fair February Lore and belief England, Scotland, WalesFebruary was expected to be wet, and the old rhyme said it should fill the dyke either with the black or the white, meaning rain or snow, with the rider that white was the better of the two.
Birds that sing before February Lore and belief WalesIn Wales birds heard singing before February, especially the blackbird and the throstle, were a sign of hard, ungenial weather to come.

2 February

Folklore from the old calendars

The horn beaker thrown between the Candlemas candles No longer kept WalesOn Candlemas Day Welsh families lit two candles on a table, and each member in turn sat between them, drank from a horn beaker and threw it backwards over their head.

14 February

Folklore from the old calendars

Every good goose lays by St Valentine’s Day Lore and belief MontgomeryshireAn old woman of Llandrinio who kept geese by the Severn told Owen that every good goose would lay before St Valentine's Day, and by St Chad's Day, 2 March, every goose good or bad.

Shrove Tuesday

Folklore from the old calendars

Buttermilk and a buried pancake on Shrove Tuesday Lore and belief WalesIn Wales it was said that anyone who drank buttermilk on Shrove Tuesday would never have freckles or sunburn, and that burying a piece of pancake brought luck for the next twelve months.
Guttling Tuesday No longer kept WalesIn Wales Shrove Tuesday was still sometimes called Guttling or Guttes-Tuesday, from the feasting that came before the Lenten fast.
Knappan on the Berry Sands No longer kept PembrokeshireOn Shrove Tuesday every year the rough ball game of knappan was played on the Berry Sands between the parishes of Nevern and Newport in Pembrokeshire.
Threshing the Hen No longer kept Cornwall, WalesA hen that had not laid before Shrove Tuesday was counted useless.

Ash Wednesday

Folklore from the old calendars

Black clothes for Lent No longer kept WalesSome old people in Wales used to wear black clothes all through Lent as a sign of the season.

22 February, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

Merlin’s Prophecy at Fishguard Lore and belief PembrokeshireWhen a French force landed at Pencaer near Fishguard on 22 February 1797, many wonderful stories grew up about it, and Chambers quotes some from the Tales and Traditions of Tenby.

From the shop: Folklore

British Folk Tales and LegendsKatharine Briggs
The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and IrelandSteve Roud
The Fairies in Tradition and LiteratureKatharine Briggs

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