Time.

Meaning: The saying links Easter rain with plentiful grass but little hay. One holiday’s conditions are made a sign of two contrasting later outcomes.

Meaning: A difficult period may be followed by more favourable conditions. The weather comparison offers perspective and hope, without promising that every hardship ends quickly or that waiting alone will resolve what needs attention.

Meaning: Difficulties or demands can arrive together and feel intensified by their combination. The pouring-rain exaggeration describes that experience, without proving that trouble always clusters or that another problem must follow the first.

Meaning: Careless choices made early can create later regret. The contrast between reckless youth and rueful age highlights consequences that may outlast the moment.

Meaning: A major change can disrupt what sustains an established arrangement. The old tree warns that moving something also means altering its support.

Meaning: Keep the most effective step for the point when it can make a useful difference. The striking image encourages judgement about timing, without endorsing violence or making delay and surprise inherently better than open cooperation.

Meaning: Starting early may indicate a purpose someone wants to pursue. The saying reads an early beginning as a sign of intention rather than idle movement.

Meaning: Some choices compete for the same time or attention. Recognise when you cannot occupy two places or fulfil incompatible commitments at once.

Meaning: Even something admired can change or lose the quality for which it is admired. The fading-rose image reflects impermanence, without making age a loss of human worth or suggesting that appreciation is pointless.

Meaning: A very intense pace may be difficult to sustain over a long task. Match the effort to the distance ahead rather than assuming that the fastest start produces the best overall result.

Editorial context: The original import mistakenly kept part of the heading and omitted this rhyme. The words now follow source entry 1382; the existing ID and URL are preserved. Its calendar instruction is historical lore, not verified planting guidance.

Meaning: The rhyme recommends sowing oats and barley on St. David’s day. It ties a named calendar occasion to a specific agricultural task.

Meaning: The saying gives salmon and sermons a season in Lent. It joins food and preaching through a shared calendar period rather than claiming either is always in place.

Meaning: Anticipating later needs can encourage preparation earlier in life. The saying imagines future wants becoming visible before resources are committed elsewhere.

Meaning: Preserving a useful resource can leave it available when needed. The saying highlights retention as one contributor to what a person or group has.

Meaning: Something useful or welcome can be better suited to one occasion than another. The saying values timing and context, while its broad wording should not imply that every action becomes good merely by choosing a moment for it.

Meaning: Different actions and experiences belong to different moments. The saying encourages attention to timing instead of expecting every purpose to be served at once.

Meaning: Someone or something encountered infrequently may slip from active attention. The saying warns about neglected contact or reminders, without proving that absence destroys affection, memory or the value of a relationship.

Meaning: The saying asks for gentle September wind until fruit is stored. The request connects a vulnerable final stage with a wish for favourable conditions.

Meaning: The rhyme warns that shearing sheep in May will shear them all away. It connects a named time and task with a drastic loss.

Meaning: A brief experience can be pleasing without lasting long. The donkey’s gallop gives the short duration a playful image.

Meaning: The saying values an hour of sleep before midnight as two hours afterward. It gives earlier rest a precise-looking advantage through an unverified comparison.

Meaning: The saying urges action by contrasting present life with the stillness of death. Its exaggeration should not be used to deny the need for rest.

Meaning: The saying pictures a reluctant person resisting both bedtime and getting up. Opposite transitions are delayed, so the pattern concerns unwillingness to move into the next activity.

Meaning: The saying associates a snowy year with prosperity. Its brief promise makes one broad weather description a sign of abundance.