Happy Candlemas Day

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

If Candlemas be fair and bright,
Come, Winter, have another flight;
If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,
Go Winter, and come not again.

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If Candlemas Day is bright and clear,
There'll be twa (two) winters in the year.
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If Candlemas day be dry and fair,
The half o' winter to come and mair,
If Candlemas day be wet and foul,
The half of winter's gone at Yule.​

 

[SgtMaj]

Re: Happy Candlemas Day

At the risk of sounding ignorant... what exactly is candlemas?

 

[aspeck]

Re: Happy Candlemas Day

It is candles trying to take the place of a groundhog and Punxsutawny Phil!

 

[BoatBuoy]

Re: Happy Candlemas Day

At the risk of sounding ignorant... what exactly is candlemas?

"The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (also known as Candlemas or Feast of the Purification of the Virgin) celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus. In the Catholic Church, the Presentation is a feast celebrated on 2 February and is the fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, it is one of the twelve Great Feasts, and is sometimes called Hypapante (lit., 'Meeting'). In many Western liturgical churches, Evening Prayer (or Night Prayer) on the Feast of the Presentation marks the end of the Epiphany season. In the Church of England, the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) is a Principal Feast celebrated either on 2 February or on the Sunday between 28 January and 3 February. In some Protestant churches, the feast is known as the Naming of Jesus.

Within the Catholic Church, since the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council, this feast has been referred to as the Feast of Presentation of the Lord, with references to candles and the purification of Mary de-emphasised in favor of the Prophecy of Simeon the Righteous.

Its formal name is either the festival of the Purification of the Virgin (especially in the Eastern rites of the Catholic Church), or the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (especially in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church). In the Orthodox Church it is known as The Feast of the Presentation of our Lord and Savior in the Temple, and in Anglican Churches it is known by various names"....Wikipedia

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Happy Candlemas Day

It is candles trying to take the place of a groundhog and Punxsutawny Phil!

Naaaaaaa, it was Candlemas Day before it was groundhog day.

 

[aspeck]

Re: Happy Candlemas Day

Punxsy Phil was first RECORDED in 1887! Yea, he may not be THAT old, but he has been around for a while!

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Happy Candlemas Day

Punxsy Phil was first RECORDED in 1887! Yea, he may not be THAT old, but he has been around for a while!

Yea someone asked on the website how many Phils there have been and was told just 1.
Says he drinks some kind of elixer on groundhog day and gets 7 years added on. Again,