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" Paul's Day be fair and clear. It does betide a happy year; But if it chance to snow or rain, Then will be dear all kinds of grain: If clouds or mists do dark the skie, Great store of birds and beasts shall die; And if the winds do fly aloft, Then wars... "
Notes and Queries - Página 65
1904
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Observations on popular antiquities: including the whole of mr ..., Volumen1

John Brand - 1853 - 576 páginas
...dearth ; and if windy, wnrs ; as old wives do dream." He gives the verses as follow : — " If St. Paul's Day be fair and clear, It does betide a happy...And if the winds do fly aloft, Then wars shall vex thekingdome oft." He farther informs us, that " Others observe the twelve days of Christmas, to foreshow...
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The Governess: a repertory of female education

Governess - 1855 - 884 páginas
...Juventinus and Maximinus ; Projectus ; Poppo ; Apollo ; Publius. Conversion of St. Paul. " If Saint Paul's day be fair and clear, It does betide a happy...if it chance to snow or rain, Then will be dear all kinds of grain ; If clouds or mists do dark the skie, Great store of birds and beasts shall die, And...
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The Philsophy of the weather and a guide to its Changes

T.B. Butler - 1856 - 438 páginas
...Paul's day, or the 25th of January, was another great " Almanac day," and so the verse : « If Saint Paul's day be fair and clear, It does betide a happy...if it chance to snow or rain, Then will be dear all kinds of grain. If clouds or mists do dark the sky, Great store of birds and beasts shall die; And...
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The every-day book: or The guide to the year, Volumen1

William Hone - 1859 - 882 páginas
...would die; if rain or snow fell then it presaged a dearth; and if windy, there would be wars : If Saint Paul's Day be fair and clear. It does betide a happy year ; But if it chance to ?now or rain, Then will be dear all kinds of grain : If clouds or mists do dark the skie, Great store...
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Choice Notes from "Notes and Queries": Folk Lore

P.P. - London. - Notes and Queries - 1859 - 386 páginas
...case what an ancient judicious astrologer writes; ' ' If St. Paul be fair and clear, It promises then a happy year ; But if it chance to snow or rain, Then will be dear all sorts of grainy Or if the wind do blow aloft, Great stirs will vex the world full oft; And if dark...
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Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the ..., Volumen1

Benjamin Winkles - 1860 - 418 páginas
...denoting the good or ill fortune of tho forthcoming year. If St. Paul's day be fair and clear, It docs betide a happy year ; But if it chance to snow or rain, Then will be dear all kinds of grain. his majesty, 18th and 14th verses of the 102nd Psalm j the sermon was afterwards circulated...
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Gleanings from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange of Excerpta ...

Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1860 - 538 páginas
...astrologer, referring to St. Panl's day, Jan. 25, says : — If St. Panl ho fair and clear, It promises then a happy year ; But if it chance to snow or rain, Then will be dear all sorts of grain ; Or if the wind do blow uli,ft, Great stirs will vex the world full oft; And if dark...
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The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs ..., Volumen2

Mrs. Delany (Mary) - 1861 - 670 páginas
...lawn, and to have sheep: The following lines will explain the saying of " St. PauTg Day." " If Saint Paul's day be fair and clear It does betide a happy...if it chance to snow or rain, Then will be dear all kinds of grain : I£ clouds or mists do dark the'sky Great store of birds and beasts shall die ; And...
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The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs ..., Volumen2

Mrs. Delany (Mary) - 1861 - 668 páginas
...it chance to snow or rain, Then will be dear all kinds of grain : If clouds or mists do dark the sky Great store of birds and beasts shall die ; And if the winds do fly aloft, Then wars shall vex the kingdom oft." " These prognostications are Englished from an ancient Calendar ; they have likewise...
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The Bunch of Keys

1861 - 302 páginas
...Collier's Eccl. History. If blustering winds do blow aloft, Then wars will trouble our realm full oft ; And if it chance to snow or rain, Then will be dear all sorts of grain." This superstition seems to have sprung, like many others, from heathenism. Pagans...
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