The Favilteach

In the Highlands the Favilteach, the first three days of February, were said to have been borrowed by February from January, who was bribed with three young sheep. By Highland reckoning they fell between 11 and 15 February, and the stormier they were, the better the omen for the year ahead; if they were fair, no more good weather could be expected through the spring. Brand quotes Mrs Grant’s Superstitions of the Highlanders, setting the Favilteach beside the borrowed days of March.