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Borrowed days of February (The).

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Borrowed days of March.

The last three days of March are said to be “borrowed from April.”

‘March said to Aperill,

I see 3 hoggs [hoggets, sheep] upon a hill;

And if you’ll lend me dayes 3

I’ll find a way to make them dee [die].

The first o’ them wus wind and weet,

The second o’ them wus snaw and sleet,

The third o’ them wus sic a freeze

It froze the birds’ nebs to the trees.

When the 3 days were past and gane

The 3 silly hoggs came hirpling [limping] hame.”

Borrowed days of February (The).

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