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
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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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    GENERAL ADAGES, PROVERBS, ETC. A fog cannot be dispelled with a fan. Plough or plough not, you must pay your rent.* Many drops make a shower. Ill weeds grow apace. Tomorrow is untouched. Further East, the shorter West. Say no ill of the year till it be past. Praise a fair day at night.f 111 weather is seen soon enough when it comes. A Scotch mist will wet an Englishman to the skin. Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark. Blow the wind never so fast, it will lower at last. It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good !| Though the sun shines, leave not your coat at home. If the morning is fine, take your great coat with you; if rainy, make your own choice. * A useful hint for the sluggard, t The Scotch say:—“Roose the fair day at e’en.” X See a two-fold illustration of this proverb in Rowland’s Four Knaves, p. 104, under the head of “Harm watch, harm catch.” IJ