April showers bring May flowers

Perhaps everybody heard this rhyme at some point, generally having been taught it at an
early age by parents or teachers. It's a popular thing to say and hear around springtime, but one thing you might not know is where the rhyme originated from. It reaches back to the mid 1500s, although earlier use of "April showers bring May flowers" probably existed.

In 1557, a man by the name of Thomas Tusser compiled a collection of writings he called
"A Hundred Good Points of Husbandry." A long poem in rhyming couplets recording the country year. This work was first printed in London in 1557 by the publisher Richard Tottel, and was frequently reprinted. Tusser includes a homely mix of instructions and observations about farming and country customs which offer insight into life in Tudor England, and his In the April husbandry section he wrote:

Sweet April
showers

Do spring
May flowers

As you can see, the rhyme was originally a short poem. However, there is meaning behind the words, as well.

Samples:

Five Hundred Points contains these rhyming couplets:

Swéete April showers, Doo spring Maie flowers.[5]

as well as

At Christmas play and make good cheere, for Christmas comes but once a yeere.[6]

and

A foole and his monie be soone at debate, which after with sorrow repents him too late..

"April
showers bring May flowers" is a reminder that even the most unpleasant of
things, in this case the heavy rains of April, can bring about very enjoyable
things indeed -- even an abundance of flowers in May. "April showers bring
May flowers" is also a lesson in patience, and one that remains valid to
this day.

Source: https://www. poetry foundation.org/poets; www.en.wikipedia.org:; www.army.mil/article/7700/apri_...