6 JUNE 1925, Page 19

" TILL MAY IS OUT" [To the Editor of the

SPECTATOR.] STR,—I have lately been told that the advice " not to cast a clout till May is out " refers to the may-tree coming into blos- som and not to the end of the month of May. I should be glad to know whether this, to me, quite new application of the familiar words is at all generally accepted.—I am, Sir, &c.,