 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.  Once a Week - Page 422edited by - 1860Full view - About this book
 | 1882 - 376 pages
...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." "... | |
 | William Smith (F.S.A.S.) - 1882 - 386 pages
...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. "... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1882 - 586 pages
...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... | |
 | Douglas Veitch - 1882 - 394 pages
...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... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 200 pages
...than the later ones for providing within their new hive a sufficient store of honey for the winter. 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. injury completed popular quality patience continual... | |
 | 1920 - 658 pages
...etc." It is well to take note of these things. There is some wisdom in many of these old sayings. " 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 in July is hardly worth a fly." Someone asked me the other day if a May swarm wan... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1885 - 492 pages
...Maddeford, of Torda, Sourton, age about 57. WHM This seems to be a variation of the well-known rhyme — " 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." GD " Friday an' the wick (week) A proverb which,... | |
 | Havilah Babcock - 1985 - 258 pages
...de pan ready; den . . ." "Then what?" I prompted. "Den you sends fer mel" I did. Hunting Bee-Trees "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." This time-honored dictum was as much a part of... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...OAEL-1; OBEV; OxBB; OxBS; PoEL-1; PoE; PPP; Prim; RB; TrGrPo; UnPo; WeW A Swarm of bees in May 235 lf, with the little round button at top; and they all fell to spoon; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly. (1. 1 -6) FaBoBe; OxNR Sweet Betsey from Pike 236... | |
 | Astra Cielo - 1996 - 244 pages
...oval teeth three-sided grow; They longer get, project before, Till twenty, when we know no more. 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. The Cuckoo May—sings all the day; June—changes... | |
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