Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... come and mair [ more ] . If Candlemas - day be wet and foul , The half of winter's gone at Yule . * February , if ye be fair , The sheep will mend , and nothing mair ; February , if ye be foul ... comes Candlemas , then the new moon , And 29.
... come and mair [ more ] . If Candlemas - day be wet and foul , The half of winter's gone at Yule . * February , if ye be fair , The sheep will mend , and nothing mair ; February , if ye be foul ... comes Candlemas , then the new moon , And 29.
Page 34
... comes David , * next comes Chad , † And then comes Winnold , ‡ as though he was mad . An ague in the spring , Is physic for a king.§ Tid , mid , and misera , Carling , palm , and paste - egg day . || * 1st March . † 2nd March . A ...
... comes David , * next comes Chad , † And then comes Winnold , ‡ as though he was mad . An ague in the spring , Is physic for a king.§ Tid , mid , and misera , Carling , palm , and paste - egg day . || * 1st March . † 2nd March . A ...
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... come , Maidens arise , And bake your pies , And save poor tailor Bobby some . † Winter - time for shoeing , Peascod - time for wooing . ‡ Bouncer , buckler , velvet's dear , And Christmas comes but once a year ; Though when it comes it ...
... come , Maidens arise , And bake your pies , And save poor tailor Bobby some . † Winter - time for shoeing , Peascod - time for wooing . ‡ Bouncer , buckler , velvet's dear , And Christmas comes but once a year ; Though when it comes it ...
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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