Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... Five for silver , Six for gold ; Seven for a secret , Not to be told ; Eight for heaven , Nine for And ten for the d- -l's own sell ! The following is a common address to the magpie in the whole of the north of England : - Magpie ...
... Five for silver , Six for gold ; Seven for a secret , Not to be told ; Eight for heaven , Nine for And ten for the d- -l's own sell ! The following is a common address to the magpie in the whole of the north of England : - Magpie ...
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... Five Hundred Points of Husbandry , are these lines , under May : - " Take heed to yr bees , yt are ready to swarme , The losse yre of now is a crown's worth of harme . " 999 A Warwickshire correspondent in Hone's Every - day Book , vol ...
... Five Hundred Points of Husbandry , are these lines , under May : - " Take heed to yr bees , yt are ready to swarme , The losse yre of now is a crown's worth of harme . " 999 A Warwickshire correspondent in Hone's Every - day Book , vol ...
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... Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry , under December , says : — " Ther Christmas be passed , let horsse be let blood , For manie a purpose it dooth them much good : The day of St. Steeven , old fathers did use , If that doe mislike ...
... Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry , under December , says : — " Ther Christmas be passed , let horsse be let blood , For manie a purpose it dooth them much good : The day of St. Steeven , old fathers did use , If that doe mislike ...
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