{"id":4912,"date":"2026-03-29T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=4912"},"modified":"2026-03-29T13:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:30:01","slug":"the-stormy-borrowing-days-of-march-29th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/the-stormy-borrowing-days-of-march-29th\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stormy Borrowing Days of March 29th"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Photo-by-Khamkeo-Vilaysing-on-Unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"small tree in a bleak windy landscape Photo by Khamk\u00e9o Vilaysing on Unsplash\" class=\"wp-image-4913\" title=\"to illustrate a bleak windy day\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Photo-by-Khamkeo-Vilaysing-on-Unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Photo-by-Khamkeo-Vilaysing-on-Unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Photo-by-Khamkeo-Vilaysing-on-Unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Photo-by-Khamkeo-Vilaysing-on-Unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Photo-by-Khamkeo-Vilaysing-on-Unsplash-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Borrowing Days &#8211; Windy Days. Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@mahkeo?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Khamk\u00e9o Vilaysing<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/trees-with-wind-photo-WtwSsqwYlA0?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This post is about the stormy borrowing days of March. But first Object of the Day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Object of the Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"5b5149\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #5b5149;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026-576x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11678 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026-576x1024.webp 576w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026-169x300.webp 169w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026-768x1365.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026-864x1536.webp 864w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026-1152x2048.webp 1152w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026-1320x2347.webp 1320w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026-scaled.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marie Antoinette with a Rose by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89lisabeth_Vig%C3%A9e_Le_Brun\">\u00c9lisabeth Vig\u00e9e Le Brun<\/a>. 1783, Photo by K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Marie Antoinette was about 28 when this portrait was made,  She was about 10 years from her death by guillotine.  The painting featured in the V&amp;A&#8217;s exhibition about the Queen of France which has just finished.  It was not my favourite V&amp;A block-buster exhibition. I think mainly because I came out not knowing very much more about Marie, than when I went it. But I had seen countless extravagant dresses.  Yes, she commissioned a lot of dresses, and as patron and model influenced French fashion. And, yes, she wasn&#8217;t the air-head of the &#8216;let them eat cake&#8217; version of history.  But I&#8217;m not much the wiser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m more interested in the painter, \u00c9lisabeth Vig\u00e9e Le Brun.  This is what Wikipedia says about <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89lisabeth_Vig%C3%A9e_Le_Brun\">her<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;<em>She enjoyed the patronage of European aristocrats, actors, and writers, and was elected to art academies in ten cities. Some famous contemporary artists, such as Joshua Reynolds, viewed her as one of the greatest portraitists of her time, comparing her with the old Dutch masters.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I have never heard of her, I&#8217;m fairly sure nor have you!  You might like to see my post on 17th female painter<a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/discovering-mary-beale-in-pall-mall-flaming-june-in-piccadilly\/I\"> Mary Beale<\/a>.  My original shortlist for Object of the Day were these two items from the Exhibition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"833b33\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #833b33;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_27-729x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11679 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_27-729x1024.webp 729w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_27-213x300.webp 213w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_27-768x1079.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_27-1093x1536.webp 1093w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_27-1457x2048.webp 1457w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_27-1320x1855.webp 1320w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_27-scaled.webp 1822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Guilotine blade from the French Revolution, purchased by the sons of Madame Tussaud as the blade that killed Marie Antoinette. Photo Kevin Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"a08564\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #a08564;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_25-688x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11680 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_25-688x1024.webp 688w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_25-202x300.webp 202w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_25-768x1143.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_25-1032x1536.webp 1032w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_25-1376x2048.webp 1376w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_25-1320x1964.webp 1320w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_25-scaled.webp 1720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sketch of the Triumph of Liberty Hairdress, associated with Marie Antoinette. It  is her most famous headress. Created to celebrate the victory of the French over the British Navy in the American War of Independence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both these objects did no favours to the Queen&#8217;s neck!  And lastly, those a few of those dresses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"554b40\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #554b40;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_20-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11681 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_20-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_20-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_20-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_20-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_20-2048x1152.webp 2048w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marie-antoinette-2026_20-1320x743.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Centre piece of the V&amp;A exhibition on Marie Antoinette, photo K Flude.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Stormy Borrowing Days of March<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sir Walter Scott recorded that <em>&#8216;the last three days of March are called the borrowing days; for as they are remarked to be unusually stormy, it is feigned that March has borrowed them from April to extend his sphere of his rougher sway<\/em>.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are various traditions and poems that record the borrowing days, and this is in the Scotch dialect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>March borrowed from April<br>Three Days, and they were ill:<br>The first was frost, the second was snaw,<br>The third was cauld as ever&#8217;t could blaw.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Borrowing Days in Spain<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a Spanish story which explains this a little more. A shepherd asked March to calm the winds to suit his flock of sheep, in return for a lamb. March compiled but, then, the Shepherd refused to hand over the lamb. So, March borrowed three days from April and made them fierce and stormy. Versions of this tale are known from Staffordshire, North England and Scotland. (Source &#8216;Weather Law&#8217; by Richard Inwards 1994 (first published 1893).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Warm days at the end of March or the beginning of April bring the Blackthorns into bloom. This can be followed by a cold snap which is known as a &#8216;Blackthorn Winter.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-19-14.30.34-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"February 2023 in Haggerston Park, London showing early blossom (Blackthorn?) Photos K\" class=\"wp-image-3168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-19-14.30.34-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-19-14.30.34-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-19-14.30.34-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-19-14.30.34-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-19-14.30.34-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">February 2023 in Haggerston Park, London showing early blossom (Blackthorn?) Photo K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on blossom and Haggerston Park follow my link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/haggerston-park\/\">haggerston-park\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-29-12.48.09-642x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of cover of Chambers Book of Days\" class=\"wp-image-4917\" style=\"width:437px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-29-12.48.09-642x1024.jpg 642w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-29-12.48.09-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-29-12.48.09-768x1224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-29-12.48.09-964x1536.jpg 964w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-29-12.48.09-1285x2048.jpg 1285w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-29-12.48.09-scaled.jpg 1606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo of cover of Chambers Book of Days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>2024<\/strong> <strong>&#8211; I purchased the Chamber&#8217;s Book of Days<\/strong>, updated from the original 1864 publication,\u00a0and began adding occasional &#8216;On This Day&#8217; epilogues to my posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1461<\/strong> <strong>&#8211; The Battle of Towton<\/strong>, England&#8217;s bloodiest battle, in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrian forces of Queen Margaret, thus securing the throne for the Yorkists.  Margaret, her husband, Henry VI, and son, fled to Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1871<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Official Opening of the Royal Albert Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1912<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Captain Scott&#8217;s<\/strong> <strong>last entry in his diary<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far, It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more.&#8217; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See also my post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/lawrence-oates-i-am-just-going-outside-and-may-be-some-time-march-16th-1912\/\">Lawrence-oates-i-am-just-going-outside-and-may-be-some-time<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1971<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Charles Manson found guilty<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Published 2023, On This Day added in 2024, Revised 2025  and Object of the Day added in 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is about the stormy borrowing days of March. But first Object of the Day: Object of the Day Marie Antoinette was about 28 when this portrait was made, She was about 10 years from her death by guillotine. 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