Ancient Cornish name for the month:
Mis-jenver, cold air month.
Jewel for the month: Garnet. Constancy.
If Janiveer calends be summerly gay,
'Twill be wintry weather till the calends of May.
The wind of the South will be productive of heat and fertility; the wind of the West, of milk and fish; the wind from the North, of cold and storm; the wind from the East, of fruit on the trees.
Scotland.
At New Year's tide
The days lengthen a cock's stride.