proverb · Words worth keeping
A snow year, a rich year.
A snow year, a rich year.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
The saying associates a snowy year with prosperity. Its brief promise makes one broad weather description a sign of abundance.
What the words are saying
Snow and riches are joined without specifying the mechanism, place or measure of benefit. This can illustrate a seasonal preference that is very different from judging weather by immediate convenience. The explanation does not establish that snow produces wealth or benefits everyone equally. A careful reading identifies the promised association while leaving actual effects to their own evidence.
Everyday example
A reader distinguishes the rhyme’s promise from a factual estimate of what a snowy year will provide.
When to use it
Use it to discuss weather associated with hoped-for prosperity.
What it does not mean
This is not a climate or financial prediction.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Entry 1463 · Snow
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