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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: This is progress? #76176 07/16/2002 11:56 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Cast n'er a clout 'til May be out Right on, mav. Presumably this is an entirely English expression, dependent on our particularly indiosyncratic climate? Or does it occur elsewhere in the world? Incidentally, there is a deal of confusion over the correct interpretation of the above old saw. Does it mean (as I believe), "wait until the May Tree is flowering (i.e., "out") before divesting yourself of warm clothing;" OR - does it mean (as many would aver), "Do not remove warm clothing before June 1st." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted This is progress? nancyk 07/15/2002 7:36 PM Re: This is progress? belligerentyouth 07/15/2002 7:55 PM Re: This is progress? Wordwind 07/15/2002 8:04 PM Re: This is progress? RhubarbCommando 07/16/2002 10:50 AM Re: This is progress? maverick 07/16/2002 11:43 AM Re: This is progress? RhubarbCommando 07/16/2002 11:56 AM Re: This is progress? Rubrick 07/16/2002 1:05 PM Re: This is progress? Jackie 07/16/2002 12:04 PM Re: This is progress? maverick 07/16/2002 12:38 PM Re: This is progress? WhitmanO'Neill 07/16/2002 1:22 PM Re: This is progress? RhubarbCommando 07/16/2002 12:40 PM Re: This is progress? nancyk 07/17/2002 12:57 AM Re: Sagger-maker Wordwind 07/17/2002 7:43 AM Re: Sagger-maker RhubarbCommando 07/17/2002 8:09 AM Re: Sagger-maker Wordwind 07/17/2002 8:39 AM Re: Sagger-maker RhubarbCommando 07/17/2002 9:34 AM Re: This is progress? wwh 07/15/2002 8:24 PM Re: This is progress? FishonaBike 07/15/2002 8:37 PM Re: This is progress? Buffalo Shrdlu 07/15/2002 8:41 PM Re: This is progress? Buffalo Shrdlu 07/15/2002 8:51 PM Re: This is progress? wow 07/16/2002 10:11 PM Re: This is progress? maverick 07/16/2002 11:26 PM Re: This is progress? stales 07/20/2002 7:30 AM Re: This is progress? RhubarbCommando 07/20/2002 1:48 PM Re: This is progress? TEd Remington 07/20/2002 1:52 PM Re: This is progress? Jackie 07/20/2002 6:11 PM Re: This is progress? nancyk 07/20/2002 9:00 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,384 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,209 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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