proverb · Source-linked selection
Good October, a good blast, To blow the hog acorn and mast.
Good October, a good blast, To blow the hog acorn and mast.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
The saying welcomes October wind for bringing acorns and mast within a hog’s reach. It judges a seasonal force through the provision it is imagined to supply.
What the words are saying
A blast is asked to blow down a useful resource, turning wind into a helper rather than only an inconvenience. The explanation describes that hoped-for relationship without verifying a method of animal feeding or a harvest result. A careful reading asks what benefit the weather is being credited with and keeps the practical needs of an actual animal separate from the rhyme.
Everyday example
A reader identifies why the verse welcomes wind without using it as instruction for feeding livestock.
When to use it
Use it to discuss weather valued through a particular hoped-for use.
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What it does not mean
This is not livestock-feeding guidance or a guarantee of available forage.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Entry 1167 · October
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