Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems

Candlemas

     On Can'lemas, a February day,
     Throw can'le an' can'lestick away.

A Can'lemas crack
     Lays mony a sailor on his back.

If Can'lemas be lound(1) an' fair,
     Ya hauf o' t' winter's to coom an' mair.
     If Can'lemas day be murk an' foul,
     Ya hauf o' t' winter's gean at Yule.

     1. Calm.