. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. Januaby 2i.] THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. 217 M D 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 W D JANUARY 24â30, 1850. Weather near London in 1849. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. Moon R. &S. Moon's Age. Clock bef. Sun. Day of Year. Th P s Sdn M T \V Great Titmouse heard. Conversion of St. Paul. Hcpatica flowers. Missel-thrush Septu.\gesim.\ Sun. House-flics in windows. Daisy flowers. Honey Bee comes abroad. [flowers. King Chas. I. martyred \6tg. Double daisy T. 50°â47°. T. 51°â41°. T. 49°-26°. T. 45°â34°. T. 45°â33°. T. 42°â24°. T. 48°â29°.
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. Januaby 2i.] THE COTTAGE GARDENER. WEEKLY CALENDAR. 217 M D 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 W D JANUARY 24â30, 1850. Weather near London in 1849. Sun Rises. Sun Sets. Moon R. &S. Moon's Age. Clock bef. Sun. Day of Year. Th P s Sdn M T \V Great Titmouse heard. Conversion of St. Paul. Hcpatica flowers. Missel-thrush Septu.\gesim.\ Sun. House-flics in windows. Daisy flowers. Honey Bee comes abroad. [flowers. King Chas. I. martyred \6tg. Double daisy T. 50°â47°. T. 51°â41°. T. 49°-26°. T. 45°â34°. T. 45°â33°. T. 42°â24°. T. 48°â29°. W. s. w. N. s. Fine. Rain. Rain. Rain. Rain. Rain. Rain. 52 a. 7 51 50 49 47 46 44 33 a. 4 34 36 38 40 41 43 3 50 5 1 a 8 7 4 rises 6 a 57 8 15 11 12 13 14 © 16 17 12 25 12 39 12 52 13 4 13 16 13 27 13 36 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Conversion op St. PadlâThis commemoration of the conver- sion of the greatest enemy of our faith, to be one wlio "laboured more abundantly " than any of the other apostles to promote its dif- fusion "among all nations," was first instituted 813, but not adopted into the ritual of our church until \G62, For many centuries we find it recorded in all writurs upon tlie weather, that from the meteorological phenomena of this day misht be deduced the fortunes of the entire year, I,loyd, in his "Diall of Daies," saysâ"From this day the iiusbandmen prognosticate the wliole year : if it be windy, there will be wars; and if it be cloudy, it doth foreshow the plague that ; In "The Shepherd's Almanack" for 107C, we findâ" If the sun shines on St. Paul's day, it betokens a good year ; if it rain or snow, indift'crcnt; if misty, great dearth ; and if it thunder, great winds, and death of peeple, that ; It is not needful now to add Gay's warningâ "Let no such vuljiar tales debase thy mindâ Nor Paul nor Swithin rules the clouds and ; l
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