November Folklore

Today’s Unearthed Words are a collection of folklore and sayings about November.

• Thunder in November, a fertile year to come.
• A heavy November snow will last till April.
• Flowers in bloom late in autumn indicate a bad winter.
• If there’s ice in November that will bear a duck, There’ll be nothing after but sludge and muck.
• November take flail; let ships no more sail.
• If trees show buds in November, the winter will last until May.
• There is no better month in the year to cut wood than November.
• Ice in November brings mud in December.