The Four Quarters of the Year

The Four Quarters of the Year

THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE YEAR.

1. Winter. 2. Spring. 3. Summer. 4. Autumn.

Or thus:--

1. Winter. 2. Spring. 3. Summer.--White grasses.

And the four points of the sun are thus:--

1. The point of roughness. 2. The point of regeneration. 3. The point of summer. 4. The point of reaping time. 2

Also vulgarly, thus:--

1. Summer. 2. Winter. 3. Spring.


Footnotes

  1. 417:2

    p. 416 Or,--The winter solstice; the vernal equinox; the summer solstice; and the autumnal equinox.

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