Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... tune ; In July , away he'll fly ; In August , go he must . * Sow peas and beans in the wane of the moon , Who soweth them sooner , he soweth too soon . † April showers Bring May flowers . It was at no very distant period a custom , even ...
... tune ; In July , away he'll fly ; In August , go he must . * Sow peas and beans in the wane of the moon , Who soweth them sooner , he soweth too soon . † April showers Bring May flowers . It was at no very distant period a custom , even ...
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... tune . When the oak puts on his gosling gray , ' Tis time to sow barley , night and day . ‡ The proverb is also found in German : - Ein bienenschwarm im Mai Ist werth ein fuder heu ; Aber ein schwarm im Juni Der lohnet kaum die müh ...
... tune . When the oak puts on his gosling gray , ' Tis time to sow barley , night and day . ‡ The proverb is also found in German : - Ein bienenschwarm im Mai Ist werth ein fuder heu ; Aber ein schwarm im Juni Der lohnet kaum die müh ...
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... tune . * I believe that June is represented under the type of a young man ; consequently , this proverbial phrase appears rather para- doxical . † Said of summer , when the sun ascends so high in the heavens that the shadow of hedges is ...
... tune . * I believe that June is represented under the type of a young man ; consequently , this proverbial phrase appears rather para- doxical . † Said of summer , when the sun ascends so high in the heavens that the shadow of hedges is ...
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