 | 1879 - 384 страници
...MON him and magnify him forever. 6 7 TUES WED Shear your sheep in May and shear them all away. 8 THU A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay ; 9 FRI But a swarm in July is not worth a fly. 10 SAT ii Sun Fourth Sunday after Easter. 12 MON A... | |
 | Pleasures - 1879 - 114 страници
...till the green or broad beans are in blossom, which is seldom before the end of May. Remember — " A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon ; A swarm of bees in July Isn't worth a fly." Thunder... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1879 - 454 страници
...have a roof to cover them, all the insects seem shy of coming out. There is an old rhyme that — " A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay ; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon ; A swarm of bees in July Is only worth a fly." It... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1880 - 222 страници
...— The following well-known proverb I include on account of a local variant which is added to it : " A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay ; But a swarm in July is not worth a fly : But our country people enlarge the first line, and say — A swarm of bees.in May Is worth a cow... | |
 | James F. Robinson - 1880 - 268 страници
...bees than feeble ones. All apiarians rejoice when they can secure early swarms. The old saw says: — A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay. You may reasonably hope for early swarms only when you keep strong stocks, not otherwise. We trust... | |
 | Arthur Benoni Evans - 1881 - 344 страници
...ordinary modern version is ' Shake a Leicestershire man by the shoulders,' &c. Vide Bean-belly. BEES. " A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay : A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon : A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly." Ray,... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1881 - 96 страници
...health. It is far better to be strong than to be rich. SWARMS OF BEES. swarm (=sworm) worth (=ivurih). A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay. A swarm cf bees in June Is worth a silver spoon. WHITE SWANS AND BLACK. swan (=swbn) halt (=holt) watch... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1882 - 586 страници
...is a sure carde, nowe I maye well saye." — Interlude of Thersites, about 1550, edit. 1848, p. 87. A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay, but a swarm in July is not worth a fly. In Halliwell's A'. K of '£., 6th ed., 71, there is a version derived from Miege's Great French Diet.,... | |
 | Douglas Veitch - 1882 - 394 страници
...fourth for madness. — Anacharsis. Deep draughts, and long morning slumbers, soon make a man poor. * A swarm of bees in May, Is worth a load of hay ; But a swarm in July, Is not worth a fly. May 1. Do thou my soul keep watch, beware, lest thou in sleep sink down, Lest thou be given o'er to... | |
 | 1882 - 376 страници
...your corn in May, and you'll come weeping away, Look at the same in June, and you'll whistle a tune." "A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay, A swarm in July is not worth a fly." " When the wind's in the east, it's neither good for man nor beast."... | |
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A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly. 
