The badger peeps out of his hole on Candlemas Day, and if he finds snows, walks abroad; but if he sees the sun shining, he draws back into his hole.
German saying.
On Candlemas Day if the thorns hang-a-drop,
Then you are sure of a good pea crop.
When the wind's in the East on Candlemas Day,
There it will stick till the second of May.
February fill the ditch,
Black or white we don't care which.