If March Comes in Like a Lamb Will It Go Out Like Lion?

Feb 26th If March Comes in Like a Lamb Will It Go Out Like Lion?

Have you noticed? This year already is flying by at the speed of light, and we find ourselves on the cusp of another March. Will it come in like a lamb or lion? Did you know early documented use of the phrase goes back to 1732? I for one am hoping for the lamb but does that mean it will go out like a lion?

When I was a kid, yes, I really was a kid once, I loved March. Using bright colored construction paper to draw and cut out kites with long tails, taping them to the windows or even building my own kite were activities I looked forward to. Hope of spring and warm weather were all around, then WHAM a foot of the wet, white stuff struck.

Weather aphorisms are as colorful as our imagination. So is the lamb or lion adage based on observation and accurate or merely rhymes or beliefs of the folks who came before us? These are the same individuals that believed angering spirits could change the weather adversely, so they were careful in what they did or didn’t do.

Could there be balance in weather such as if the weather came storming in, (like a lion) could it go out warm and calm. (like a lamb)? What about life itself, is there a balance? I my world ying & yang are skewed so far out of whack — but that’s a topic for another time. So maybe the lion and lamb thing is more rhyme than a true weather predictor. What do you think?

Traditionally in my neck of the woods, March’s weather is unpredictable. We can see warm spring-like temperatures or late-season snowstorms. So you can understand how this saying might hold true.

Of course in Colorado anytime of the year you can experience all four seasons in a twenty-four hour period. LOL

Where does that leave us? With the hope that if March starts off cold and stormy it will end warm and sunny, but the key word is hope.

Scientific assistance for you: A halo around the sun or moon is caused by the refraction of that body’s light by ice crystals at high altitude. Such high-level moisture is a precursor to moisture moving in at increasingly lower levels, and is a good indicator that an active weather system is on its way.