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It blew and snew and then it thew
And now, by jing, it’s friz.”
LEGEND—if not folklore—says that the “thew” comes about midJanuary in the Midwest, a little earlier farther west, and between the 18th and 23rd in the eastern states.
For a couple of sunny days the temperature might jump as much as 30 degrees, melting snow somewhat and tricking a few buds into thinking it’s spring. Then “it’s friz” and back to winter. But wltile the balmy January thaw is in town, drivers roll down their car windows, soot-dirty snow slides down storm sewers, kids ignore their mothers and shed winter coats, and countless people develop their first spring cold of the year.
Down on the farm, stretches of sodden greenery surface through the snow, bees may buzz out of their hives, birds begin premature nest building, and skating ponds
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