 | John Ray - 1768 - 586 sider
...to the full bit, Sell your corn and buy you fheep. V. / If the cock moult before the hen. We ihall have weather thick and thin : But if the hen moult before the cock, We Ihall have weather hard as a block. Thefe prognofticks of weather and future plenty, &c. I look upon... | |
 | 1817 - 336 sider
...thorn, Sell your cow and buy you corn : But when she conies to the full bit, Sell your corn and buy you sheep. If the cock moult before the hen, We shall...before the cock, We shall have weather hard as a block. These prognostic!» of weather and future plenty, &c. I look upon » altogether uncertain ; and were... | |
 | 1820 - 496 sider
...Sell your corn, and buy your sheep. If the cock moult before the hen, We shall have weather thick aod thin ; But if the hen moult before the cock, We shall have weather at hard as • block." 56. « As the day lengtheni, so the cold strengthens." 57. " If there be a rainbow... | |
 | 1822 - 440 sider
...sand, Then it is well with England. 54. After a famine in the stall. Comes a famine in the half. 55. When the cuckoo comes to the bare thorn, Sell your...before the cock, We shall have weather hard as a block. 56. As the days lengthen, so the cold strengthens. 5r.If there be a rainbow in the eve, it will rain... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 sider
...moult before the hen, We shall hare weather thick and thin ; But if the hen moult before the oeck, We shall have weather hard as a block. As the days...the cold strengthen. If there be a rainbow in the ere, it will rain and leave, But if there be a rainbow in the morrow, it will neither lend nor borrow.... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 878 sider
...After a famine in the stall, Comet a famine in the hall. When the cuckoo comes to the bare thorn, S«H your cow, and buy your corn ; But when she comes to...thin ; But if the hen moult before the cock, We shall hare weather hard as a block. As the days lengthen, so the cold strengthen If there be a rainbow in... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 sider
...to the full bit, Sell your corn, and buy your sheep. If the cock moult before the hen, We shall barf weather thick and thin . But if the hen moult before the cock, We shall hare weather hard as a block As the days lengthen, so the cold strengthen If there be a rainbow in... | |
 | Moses Aaron Richardson - 1844 - 436 sider
...the sand, Then it is well for Angle-land. After a famine in the stall, Comes a famine in the hall. If the cock moult before the hen, We shall have weather...moult before the cock, We shall have weather hard as a rock. No weather is ill if the wind be still. When the wind is south, It blows the bait to the fishes'... | |
 | 1844 - 858 sider
...the sand, Then it is well for Angle-land. After a famine in the stall, Comes a famine in the hall. If the cock moult before the hen, We shall have weather...moult before the cock, We shall have weather hard as a rock. No weather is ill if the wind be still. When the wind is south, It blows the bait to the fishes'... | |
 | Percy Society - 1847 - 358 sider
...Fait beau temps paroir." t Which is the case in a wet summer. J Which is the case in a dry summer. If the cock moult before the hen, We shall have weather...moult before the cock, We shall have weather hard as a rock. When the wind is South, It blows the bait to the fish's mouth. If there be a rainbow in the eve,... | |
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If the cock moult before the hen, We shall have weather thick and thin ; But if the hen moult before the cock, We shall have weather hard as a block. 
