A collection of proverbs and popular sayings relating to the seasons, the weather, and agricultural pursuits / gathered chiefly from oral tradition. By M.A. Denham.
- Denham, M. A. (Michael Aislabie), -1859.
- Date:
- 1846
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A collection of proverbs and popular sayings relating to the seasons, the weather, and agricultural pursuits / gathered chiefly from oral tradition. By M.A. Denham. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![That yere on the Monday, wythowte fyne, Althynges welle thou mayste begynnc, llyt shalbe prophytabylle; Chyldren that be borne that day, Shalbe myghtye and stronge par fay, Of wytte full reasonnabylle. A CHRISTMAS SONG, Of import similar to the one precedin [From MS. Harl. No. 2252, fob 154, r°.] Lordynges, I warne yow al be-forne, Yef that day that Cryste was borne Falle uppon a Sonday, That wynter shalbe good par fay, But grete wyndes alofte shalbe The somer shalbe fayre and drye; By kynde skylle, wythowtyn lesse, Throwe alle londes shalbe peas, And good tyme all thynges to don; But he that stelythe, he shalbe fownde sonc; Whate chylde that day borne be, A grete lorde he shalle ge, <fcc. Yf Crystemas day on Monday be, A grete wynter that yere have shall ye, And fulle of wyndes lowde and stylle ; But the somer, trewly to telle, Shalbe sterne wyndes also, And fulle of tempeste al thereto ; All catayle multyplye; And grete plentye of beeve shall dye. They that be borne that day, I wene, They shalbe stronge eche on and kene; And he that stelythe owghte ; Thow thowe be seke, thou dyeste not. Yf Crystmas day on Tuysday be, That yere shall dyen wemcn plente ; And that wynter wcx grete marvaylys ; Shypps shalbe in grete perylles ; That yere shall kynges and lordcs be slayne, And myche hothyr pepyllc agayne heym. A drye somer that yere shalbe ;](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2931253x_0080.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
