Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... Old farmers in Devonshire call the three first days of March “ blind days " ; and they were anciently considered so unlucky that no husbandman would sow any seed on any of the three . This singular old proverb in Ray's Collection reads ...
... Old farmers in Devonshire call the three first days of March “ blind days " ; and they were anciently considered so unlucky that no husbandman would sow any seed on any of the three . This singular old proverb in Ray's Collection reads ...
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agayne anon Bessie Bessye betwene brynge Candlemas countrey cowntrye dede devyll doth Earle of Derbye Earle Richmond eche England fair father Stanley fayth Frere fyre fyrst gold graunt gyve hart hast hath Heywood Humfrey Breerton Humphrey Brereton JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL JEROME JOHN HEYWOOD King Richard kynde Kynge lady lett loke London Lord Strange Lover loved lover nor loved Mary mayster merry Mery mules three myght never night nyghte Pardo Percy Society play plesewrs pray praye proverb prynce rain schall seae shalbe shee shyne Sir John Savage Sir William Stanley Somer sonne sott soule staind sweet syns tell thee theyr thou shalt thowsand thyngs thynk truely twayne tyme Vertue weather whyche whyt wind wolde words wyfe wyll wynde wyse wytt wyttles wytty yere yf ye Yule