On Sun, 17 May 2009 14:19:30 +0100, Kate Brown wrote:

It's a hallowed tradition, the cold snap mid-May, known in Germany and
Austria as the days of the Eis Heiligen, the Ice Saints.

And in Orkney and Shetland they are known as the "Gabs of May".
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MCC
17/05/2009 14:29:58