Happy February! Lá 'le Bríde Shona duibh go léir!

efb

Happy Spring AHers!

Czarcasm

efb wrote: »

Happy Spring AHers!

How unusually subtle efb!



I'm not called Czarcasm for nothing btw.

efb

We all need a good 'when spring starts' debate! Lol :pac:

policarp

Anois teacht an earraig, Spring in the air.

But is it really spring yet?

Ruudi_Mentari

Dick Spring.

Who's Brìda.. have you taken a turn

Sunnyisland

Happy springers, Is it spring ?

Czarcasm

policarp wrote: »

Anois ar theacht an earraig tSamhraidh, Spring in the air.

But is it really spring yet?

Well it's certainly not Summer yet sunshine, you're a season early there!

Czarcasm

Ruudi_Mentari wrote: »

Dick Spring.

Who's Brìda.. have you taken a turn

Looks more like a Spring roll to me!

Sunnyisland

The beginning of spring is not always determined by fixed calendar dates. The phenological or ecological definition of spring relates to biological indicators; the blossoming of a range of plant species, and the activities of animals, or the special smell of soil that has reached the temperature for micro flora to flourish. It therefore varies according to the climate and according to the specific weather of a particular year. Most ecologists divide the year into six seasons that have no fixed dates. In addition to spring, ecological reckoning identifies an earlier separate prevernal (early or pre-spring) season between the hibernal (winter) and vernal (spring) seasons. This is a time when only the hardiest flowers like the crocus are in bloom, sometimes while there is still some snowcover on the ground.[10] :D

eat that.

efb

My Infants teacher told me Sping starts in February. QED.

Czarcasm

realies wrote: »

eat that.

Ah here, it's half 6 in the morning, I can barely get down a breakfast, never mind trying to digest all that!

Anyway aren't daffodils supposed to be making an appearance fairly soon? Though the weather we've been having lately I wouldn't be surprised if they did the sensible thing and stayed under for another while!

efb

My Crocus buds are up!

Gee_G

Czarcasm wrote: »

Ah here, it's half 6 in the morning, I can barely get down a breakfast, never mind trying to digest all that!

Anyway aren't daffodils supposed to be making an appearance fairly soon? Though the weather we've been having lately I wouldn't be surprised if they did the sensible thing and stayed under for another while!

HAPPY FEBRUARY
My daff's are on route!

Oranage2

Czarcasm wrote: »

Well it's certainly not Summer yet sunshine, you're a season early there!

Ta tu mi-cheart!

Czarcasm

Oranage2 wrote: »

Ta tu mi-cheart!

An dtuigeann tú? Cén fath? Féach anseo-

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Oranage2

Sea, chuaigh me chuig gaelscoil, ta an tsamhraidh summer, bhi an duinne eile cheart.

Athru - an amhrain sin, sea thuigim anois

Death and Taxes

efb wrote: »

Happy Spring AHers!

Spring starts in March OP

GhostInTheRuins

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Spring starts in March OP

That's not what I was thought it school! February is the start of spring :pac:

Rasheed

The daffodils are half up and there's lambs playing in the field, that's good enough for me, Spring is definitely here!

efb

We need a poll!

BraziliaNZ

21st March is spring, apart from in some retarded Celtic calendar from 3000 bc. Every f**king year...

Username567

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

21st March is spring, apart from in some retarded Celtic calendar from 3000 bc. Every f**king year...

That's a bit late in my book. I think it's closer to March 1st.

phasers

when I was in Primary School I went to St Brigids. Every st Brigids day the girl named Brigid in my class got given sweets by the principal. Everyone hated her because of it.




Bitch.

Pumpkinseeds

My tulip shoots, hyacinth buds and daffodil shoots have been up since December. I can see some of the flowers on the hyacinths already Now I'm gonna have to plant a lot more bulbs or the garden will be bare in a few months.

Chuck Stone

For me spring starts when the bumble bees are around.

Bumble bees are cool.

Capt'n Midnight

Also tomorrow is Groundhog Day. :cool:

Matt_Trakker

I liked it better when it was Imbolc man, before those commercialized Christians and their corporations came along and made it all materialistic and stuff.

Dyr

Imbolc for me, Christian hijacking is not cool people

Oranage2

Also tomorrow is groundhogs day.

biko

Sunny and lovely today

Where To

Also tomorrow is groundhog day.

iDave

The sun just shined in the window, it made me squint my eye a little. That takes me back!

Matt_Trakker

Also tomorrow is Groundhog Day.

Oranage2

Sunny and lovely today

Lawrence1895

I thought, there is only two seasons in Ireland: Summer (1 week in the end of May or early June) and Winter (the remainder of the year) :pac:

fullstop

efb wrote: »

Happy Spring AHers!

"Lá fhéile Bhríde", no?

An Coilean

fullstop wrote: »

"Lá fhéile Bhríde", no?

It's not Le it's 'le - the little dash before the L stands for the fhéi. It's used to reflect how it's spoken.;)

Dyr

phasers wrote: »

when I was in Primary School I went to St Brigids. Every st Brigids day the girl named Brigid in my class got given sweets by the principal. Everyone hated her because of it.




Bitch.

Bitchid

smash

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

Also tomorrow is Groundhog Day.

That's ok. I wouldn't mind living Saturday over and over again.

murpho999

About the Spring thing.

If today was the 1st day of Spring the seasons are:

Feb, March, April, Spring
May June, July Summer
August, Sep, Oct Autumn

Makes no sense as it means that the peak summer holiday time, August, is in fact Autumn.

This 1st February , first day of Spring thing only exists in Ireland and I think it's the aincient equivalent of a twitter rumour.

Seasons go with the lunar cycle, so March 21st is the approximate start of Spring.

efb

I always though Summer Solatice was midsummer's day?

DEFTLEFTHAND

efb wrote: »

I always though Summer Solatice was midsummer's day?

I've always thought that to. So if June 21st is midsummer that means summer is May June July. It's disputed quite often in this country and many people sub May for August.

Míshásta

Spring starts on Lá 'le Bríde, Feb. 1st in Ireland.

March 1st in the U.K.

But hey! we have to follow our superior neighbours in everything.

You can use other dates based on climate, weather, crop growth, bird nesting frog spawning or whatever takes your fancy.

Imbolg fé shéin is fé mhaise dhaoibh go léir, a chairde phágánaigh.

Capt'n Midnight

efb wrote: »

I always though Summer Solatice was midsummer's day?

hmm...
don't our continental friends use the equinoxes and solstices to mark seasons

Lawrence1895

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

hmm...
don't our continental friends use the equinoxes and solstices to mark seasons

I celebrate the Winter Solstice instead of Christmas

candy-gal1

Yay to spring being here! It doesnt feel it yet though, but you know its only a few weeks to light jacket wearing time once it hits February!
And also, happy Groundhog day!

Capt'n Midnight

Today is Groundhog Day.

murpho999

candy-gal1 wrote: »

Yay to spring being here! It doesnt feel it yet though, but you know its only a few weeks to light jacket wearing time once it hits February!
And also, happy Groundhog day!

How can it be Spring here officially if its also Groundhog Day to see if Spring will come early or not?

So that means it's still winter.

GhostInTheRuins

murpho999 wrote: »

How can it be Spring here officially if its also Groundhog Day to see if Spring will come early or not?

So that means it's still winter.

We're not american so who cares about some stupid groundhog day.

Irish schools seem to be the only place that teach the following:

Spring: February, March, April
Summer: May, June, July
Autumn: August, September, October
Winter: November, December, January

Everywhere else in the northern hemisphere (including Met Éireann) say:

Spring: March, April, May
Summer: June, July, August
Autumn: September, October, November
Winter: December, January, February

The change from winter to spring or from summer to autumn is gradual and the general trend is subject to reversals which may last for a week or more. For Climatological purposes, on the basis of air temperature, seasons are regarded as three-month periods as follows: December to February - winter, March to May - spring, June to August- summer and September to November - autumn. This is a common grouping in the meteorological practice of many countries in the middle and northern latitudes.

I'd say they're right and we're wrong. Wouldn't be the first time that schools taught something incorrectly.

Capt'n Midnight

Today is not Groundhog day.