As the Days Grow Longer Lyrics
After midwinter the days start getting longer, but the worst weather is often still to come. Two lines of old weather wisdom.
As the Days Grow Longer
As the days grow longer,
The storms grow stronger.
Printed from https://nurseryrhymes.co/as-the-days-grow-longer/
- Type
- Mother Goose
- Tune
- Spoken rhyme
- Best for ages
- 4 to 9 years
What Does As the Days Grow Longer Mean?
After the shortest day of the year in late December, daylight grows a little longer each day. But the coldest, stormiest weather in Britain and much of North America usually comes later, in January and February. The rhyme warns: longer days do not mean the winter is over yet.
History and Origin
James Orchard Halliwell printed the rhyme among weather sayings in The Nursery Rhymes of England. A similar old saying runs "when the days begin to lengthen, the cold begins to strengthen". Farmers and sailors relied on sayings like these long before weather forecasts.
Learning Activities
- Daylight chart: write down sunrise and sunset times each week through winter.
- Weather watch: note stormy days in January and February and compare with December.
- Old sayings: collect other weather rhymes, like "Red sky at night".