Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications ...Percy society, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 28
... Winter will have another flight . If Candlemas - day is fair and clear , There'll be two winters in the year . ‡ If Candlemas - day be clouds and rain , Winter is gone , and will not come again . " Soulegrove sil lew , " is an ancient ...
... Winter will have another flight . If Candlemas - day is fair and clear , There'll be two winters in the year . ‡ If Candlemas - day be clouds and rain , Winter is gone , and will not come again . " Soulegrove sil lew , " is an ancient ...
Page 64
... 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 brings good cheer ; So farewell Christmas once a year.§ * Dec. 21. This , too , is ...
... 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 brings good cheer ; So farewell Christmas once a year.§ * Dec. 21. This , too , is ...
Page 67
... winter solstice , and there are three or four days of rest ; and if it be upon St. Stephen's day , it is not the worse , seeing there are with it three days of rest , at least two . " - Tusser Redivivus , 8vo : Lond . 1744. p . 148. In ...
... winter solstice , and there are three or four days of rest ; and if it be upon St. Stephen's day , it is not the worse , seeing there are with it three days of rest , at least two . " - Tusser Redivivus , 8vo : Lond . 1744. p . 148. In ...
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