If a maid hears a cuckoo on the first of May, and takes off her left
shoe, she will find inside a hair the colour of her future husband's
hair. Girls used to get up early on May morning and go into the country
and wait to hear the cuckoo.

An old adage is:--Don't change your clothes until the cuckoo picks up
dirt.


JUNE.

The oak's slow opening leaf, of deepening hue,
Bespeaks the power of Summer once again. _Clare._


JUNE ROSES.

The two June sayings are very optimistic:

A fine June, puts all things in tune.

A rainy June, sets all things in tune.


ST. PETER'S DAY, 29TH JUNE.

The gates of the Minster Precincts are still closed on this day to
maintain the right of privacy.