Hey, but March... we've made it! Ha, I don't know what I mean by that. How's this month going for you? Good, I hope.
March 1, 2015 ~ Rain! I love the rain. Image by Lillian Carilo, March 2015 |
What's that saying? March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Who even said that for the first time ever? Why would the saying have been repeated, then used and spread out from wherever it originated. How much did those sharing the expression actually know about lions and lambs? Not much, I bet. Also, where exactly did they live? Coastal, mountain, desert, plains, jungle, savannah, or frozen tundra region? Which continent? Northern, or Southern hemisphere? Where, where, where?
According to Wikipedia, this saying is considered weather lore, or more aptly, false lore. March can pretty much come in like a lamb and leave like a lion. So it's an either or sort of thing.
First week of March in the Southern California desert this year was absolutely gorgeous, see...
A view from recycling center. Image by Lillian Carilo ~ March 2015 |
The Place Image by Lillian Carilo ~ March 2015 using Windows 7 Paint |
Sources
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_lore#Lion_and_Lamb