April showers -May Flowers: Pilgrims (Puritan Christians)
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First generation of immigrants often got partial knowledge of history. such as - I heard radio FM107.9, "
April showers bring May flowers" But, what's the next sentence?
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Everyone has heard the expression "April showers bring May Flowers". I'm sure most people have heard the riddle and answer: "If April showers bring May flowers, what do Mayflowers bring? Pilgrims!" Anyway I was thinking we need the rest of the sheepie calendar year so here I go: February snows brings a cold nose.www.losemyaccent.com/2010/05/06/if-april-showers-bring-may-flowers/
May 6, 2010 - What you need to know is that some of the earliest settlers in America, those who founded Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620, were known as Pilgrims. They were Puritan Christians who traveled here from England on a boat named the Mayflower. So, Mayflowers bring Pilgrims, or at least did at one time.www.doriddles.com/riddle-608
If April showers bring may flowers, what do may flowers bring? Pilgrims. What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of? What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it? I go in hard. I come out soft. You blow me hard. What am I? What starts with "P", ends with "E", and has over 30 letters? See More Riddles.**
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English[edit]. Proverb[edit]. April showers bring May flowers. The month of April, traditionally a rainy period, gives way to May, when flowers will bloom because of the water provided to them by the April rains. (by extension) A period of discomfort can provide the basis for a period of happiness and joy.
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Jan 11, 2016 - April showers bring May flowers, / That is what they say. / But if all the showers turned to flowers, / We'd have quite a colourful day! / There'd be bluebells and cockleshells, / Tulips red and green, / Daffodils and Chinese squill, / The brightest you've ever seen. / You'd see tiger lilies and water lilies, / Carnations pink and blue,
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Apr 1, 2016 - The entire saying goes something like this: “March winds and April showers bring May flowers and June bugs.” But April isn't a rainy month across the United States. And flowers begin blooming a lot sooner than May in parts of the South. So where did this saying come from and.
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