DAYS: The last three days of March, the 29th through 31st, are known as the Borrowing Days.

Folklore says these last three days of the month are believed to be borrowed from April to extend its stormy influence over the weather.

A traditional Scottish rhyme describes March borrowing days from April, saying that they will be ‘the worst that e’er were seen.’

Sir Walter Scott recorded that ‘the last three days of March are called the ‘borrowing days; for as they are remarked to be unusually stormy, it is feigned that March has borrowed them from April to extend his sphere of his rougher sway.’

Sometimes the first three days of April are counted in this as well, leaving a six-day span for less-than-optimal weather.

Or, as we call it, the usual.

As Mark Twain said, ‘In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.’

Lily Pulitzer encouraged folks to keep the season in mind. ‘Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring!’

Poet Anne Bradstreet helped put things in perspective. ‘If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.’

And this from Laura Ingalls Wilder: ‘Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.’

Comedian Robin Williams shared this of the season: ‘Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!” Televangelist Robert H. Schuller had some relevant advice for everyone: ‘Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.’