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• Sprout-kale

語源

sprout +‎ kale

固有名詞

Sproutkale

1. (historical) The month of February.
   • [1844 February 3, “The Kitchen Garden”, in The Saturday Magazine, volume 24, number 744, page 46:

     Among our Saxon ancestors, February was called Sproutkale, because the sprouts on the old stalks of the kale, or cabbage, begin to be fit for use in this month.]

   • [1876 February 1, “Leap Year”, in The Dublin University Magazine, volume 87, number 518, page 129:

     Its watery character seems to have been in the mind of the Saxons, when they gave February the name Sproutkale—so called, because the cabbages were wont to show themselves above ground, during the course of the month.]

   • 1975, Torrance, Chris, “The House of Stone”, in Stephens, Meic, editor, Poetry 1900-2000: One Hundred Poets from Wales, Cardigan: Parthian, Library of Wales, published 2007, →ISBN, page 517:

     the floodgates of the loving season / February filldyke / February sproutkale / February pointbulb

   • 1976 February 19, Venison, Tony, “The Gardening Week”, in Country Life, page 428:

     In this month the Saxons named Sproutkale the new Pentland Brig kale crops freely, and its stripped plants will be left to sprout again.

   • 1998 February 1, Crewe, Susan, “From the Editor”, in House & Garden (英国用法 edition), volume 53, number 2 (whole number 559):

     Even Anglo-Saxon spin doctors gave up when it came to giving February a good name. Our ancestors called this dreary month 'Sprout-Kale', on account of cabbages being the only things that were showing signs of life. When they weren't saying things like, 'I'll be glad when Sprout-Kale is over,' they were grumbling, 'Fill-Dyke is wetter than usual' because that was another term they used for this depressing time of year.