Here in Central Europe, Saint Matthias is regarded as an indicator of a potential early spring. Hungarians refer to him as Icebreaker Mátyás.
The folklore goes like this — if Saint Matthias finds ice on his feast day, he will break it. If he finds none, he will make it.
Temperatures have been mild lately, so there is no ice for Matthias to break. Also, if forecasts are trustworthy, he will not make any in the foreseeable future, either.
That means I had better shake off the winter cobwebs and start thinking about spring projects again.
Incidentally, today is also my son’s name day, though he goes by Mátyás, the Magyar version of the anglicized Matthias.