1. If Candlemas brings clouds and rain.

2. If Candlemas be fair and bright.

3. Its special day was previously on Candlemas, a holiday that was celebrated when winter was half over.

4. There was a superstition that said if the sun was shining on "Candlemas Day" and your shadow could be seen, even MORE snow would come until the official day of Spring – March 21st.

5. Candlemas is exactly 40 days after Christmas, on February 2nd.

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6. If on Candlemas day it be shower and rain, winter is gone, and will not come again.

7. It took two "new" holidays, Saint Brigid's Day and Candlemas, to replace the ancient rite.

8. Chinstrap penguins ride out high surf on blue - icebergs near Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands.

9. Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) ride out high surf on blue-ice icebergs near Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands.

10. Chinstrappenguins ride out high surf on blue - iceicebergs near Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands.