Nursery Rhyme. XCVIII. Proverbs.

    As the days grow longer,
    The storms grow stronger.

    St. Swithin's day, if thou dost rain,
    For forty days it will remain:
    St. Swithin's day, if thou be fair,
    For forty days 'twill rain na mair.

    As the days lengthen,
    So the storms strengthen.

            In July,
    Some reap rye;
            In August,
    If one will not the other must.

    Bounce Buckram, velvet's dear;
    Christmas comes but once a year.

    The mackerel's cry,
    Is never long dry.