Among the weather proverbs Hone gathered from Dr Forster were two about May. A cold and windy May was thought good for the harvest, filling the barn, while a hot May was thought to bring sickness and fill the churchyard. The same list holds the better known saying that a green winter makes a fat churchyard.
A hot May makes a fat churchyard
18 May
Lore and belief
A cold May and a windy Makes a fat barn and a findy. A hot May makes a fat churchyard.
From Hone's Every-Day Book, vol. 1, col. 669. Read the original
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