One-half your straw and one-half your hay.
Candlemas day if it be fair
The half of the winter’s to come and mair.
Candlemas day, if it be foul,
The half of winter’s past at yule.
On Candlemas day
Throw the candle and stick away.
When Candlemas is come and gone
The coal lies on a red-hot stove.
Just half your wood and half your hay