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If there be a rainbow in the eve , it will rain and leave ; But if there be a rainbow in
the morrow , it will neither lend nor borrow . When the wind's in the East , It's
neither good for man nor beast ; When the wind's in the South , It's in the rain's ...
If there be a rainbow in the eve , it will rain and leave ; But if there be a rainbow in
the morrow , it will neither lend nor borrow . When the wind's in the East , It's
neither good for man nor beast ; When the wind's in the South , It's in the rain's ...
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If it rains on Midsummer eve , all the filberts will be spoiled . If the first of July be
rainy weather , ' Twill rain mair or less for forty days together . * A cherry year - a
merry year : A plum year- a dumb year . The first cock of hay Frights the cuckoo ...
If it rains on Midsummer eve , all the filberts will be spoiled . If the first of July be
rainy weather , ' Twill rain mair or less for forty days together . * A cherry year - a
merry year : A plum year- a dumb year . The first cock of hay Frights the cuckoo ...
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In Poor Robin's Almanack for 97 , the prognostic is thus recorded :“ In this month
is St. Swithin's day ; On which , if that it rain , they say , Full xl days after it will , Or
more or less some rain distill . This Swithin was a saint , I trow , And Winchester's
...
In Poor Robin's Almanack for 97 , the prognostic is thus recorded :“ In this month
is St. Swithin's day ; On which , if that it rain , they say , Full xl days after it will , Or
more or less some rain distill . This Swithin was a saint , I trow , And Winchester's
...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society Volume 20 of Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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