I used to hear this saying in my Suffolk childhood. It puzzled me, but I guess we should be safe now shedding some winter clothes as it's the last day of May tomorrow and both the pink and white May (hawthorn) blossom is in bloom. But I think I'll keep my 'clouts' on for a bit!
Very wise Hazel!! Quite warm up here this evening though!! Someone told me that the word May in that saying is not the month but the May flower which is blossoming in the fields here now....don't know if that's true!!
Yes I shall keep my clouts on too - I feel the cold so I'm still wearing winter clothes. I do admire people who don't have cold feet and wear skimpy shoes and no jeans to keep their legs warm. Lovely collage Hazel and it's lovely to see the May flowers
Sorry , you do have much the same flowers/plants/trees as we have. from the tree trees in our garden A white and pink Hawthorn and a birch
Beside the little ones. You climate is about 2 weeks ahead of ours.
You have made a great collage of wonderful pic.`s of this wonderful tree
Rosie, thanks and I'm with you all the way when it comes to wearing warm clothes! I think this saying was a way to keep us wearing our liberty bodices (ugh!) longer when we were little!
Graham, thanks for your valued comment.
Beside the little ones. You climate is about 2 weeks ahead of ours.
You have made a great collage of wonderful pic.`s of this wonderful tree
Rosie, thanks and I'm with you all the way when it comes to wearing warm clothes! I think this saying was a way to keep us wearing our liberty bodices (ugh!) longer when we were little!
Well yes, that's why I was puzzled. It seems it could be either and that this saying dates from 1732!!
I hated liberty bodices, all those horrid rubber buttons and I've disliked buttons of all sorts ever since!