Farmer's angle.

[hirez]

It would not surprise me to learn that many children of farming families had birthdays around November-January.

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[nojay.livejournal.com]

"Hooray hooray,
The First of May,
Outdoor fornication
starts today!"

Kipling said it more poetically...

"Oh do not tell the priest of light,
for he would call it a sin,
but we've been out in the woods all night
awelcoming Summer in!"

[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

Apples be ripe, nuts be brown, petticoats up, trousers down.

[mimmimmim.livejournal.com]

All I know is the old proverb 'He's a fool that marries at yule; when the corn's to shear the bairn's to bear'.