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"Quiet sow, quiet mow."
A saying with reference to land or lease held on lives. If the seed is
sown without notice of the death of the life, the corn may be reaped,
although the death took place before the sowing.
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Bees.--
"If they swarm in May,
They're worth a pound next day.
If they swarm in July,
They're not worth a fly."
Bees must never be bought. It is best to give a sack of wheat for a
hive.
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_Dinnick_ is the Devonshire name of a small bird, said to follow and
feed the cuckoo.
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A cat will not remain in a house with an unburied corpse; and rooks will
leave the place until after the funeral, if the rookery be near the
house.
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It is proper to make a low bow whenever a single magpie is seen.
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It is not considered safe to plant a bed of lilies of the valley; the
person doing so will probably die in the course of the next twelve
months.
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Where the rainbow rests, is a crock of gold.
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A cork under the pillow is a certain cure for cramp.
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Seven different herbs must be used for making a herb poultice.
"The editor remembers a female relation of a former vicar of St.
Erth, who, instructed by a dream, prepared decoctions of various
herbs, and repairing to the Land's End, poured them into the sea,
with certain incantations, with the expectation of seeing the
Lionesse rise immediately out of the water having all its
inhabitants alive, notwithstanding their long immersion."--Davies
Gilbert's _Cornwall_, vol. iii. p. 310.
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If the fire blazes up brightly when the crock is hung up, it is a sign
there is a stranger coming.
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_Cure for Thrush_.--Take the child to a running stream, draw a straw
through its mouth, and repeat the verse, "Out of the mouth of babes and
sucklings," &c.
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A creature of enormous size, called a "bull-frog," is believed to live
under the foundation stones of old houses, hedges, &c. I remember having
heard it spoken of with great awe.
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