Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Percy Society. If it rains on a Sunday before mess , ' * It will rain all the week , more or less . This rule in gardening never forget- To sow dry and plant wet . An evening red and a morning grey . Are sure signs of a fine day . Friday ...
Percy Society. If it rains on a Sunday before mess , ' * It will rain all the week , more or less . This rule in gardening never forget- To sow dry and plant wet . An evening red and a morning grey . Are sure signs of a fine day . Friday ...
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... rain at harvest . * Make your hay while the sun shines . † If deer rise up dry and lie down dry on St. ( Martin ) Bullion's day , it is a sign there will be a good gose harvest . In July , shear your rye . Whoever eats oysters on St ...
... rain at harvest . * Make your hay while the sun shines . † If deer rise up dry and lie down dry on St. ( Martin ) Bullion's day , it is a sign there will be a good gose harvest . In July , shear your rye . Whoever eats oysters on St ...
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... rain distill . This Swithin was a saint , I trow , And Winchester's bp . also , Who in his time did many a feat , As ... rain . " Churchill thus glances at the superstitious notions about rain on St. Swithin's day : - " July to whom the ...
... rain distill . This Swithin was a saint , I trow , And Winchester's bp . also , Who in his time did many a feat , As ... rain . " Churchill thus glances at the superstitious notions about rain on St. Swithin's day : - " July to whom the ...
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