 | English language - 1817 - 336 pages
...rendering it leas lasting. They who would be young when they are old must be old when they are young. When the fern is as high as a spoon You may sleep an hour at noon. The custom of sleeping after dinner in the summer time is now grown general in Italy and other hot... | |
 | John Wade - Church - 1824 - 258 pages
...in May will be. Change of weather is the discourse of fools. A snow year, a rich year. — Italian. When the fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon. 'Till St. James's day be come and gone, You miy have hops, or you may have none. »Hi(le a horse and... | |
 | John Gideon Millingen - Americana - 1838 - 456 pages
...Old young and old long. They who would be young when they are old, must be old when they are young. When the fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep...fern is as high as a ladle, You may sleep as long as you are able. When fern begins to look red, Then milk is good with brown bread. At forty a man is either... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1847 - 358 pages
...matters. Barnaby bright, The longest day And shortest night.* A good leak in June, Sets all in tune. When the fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon. If woolly fleeces spread .the heavenly way, No rain, be sure, disturbs the summer's day. JULY. St.... | |
 | George William Francis - Literary Criticism - 1851 - 124 pages
...adages attach themselves to the Fern, as the following : " When the Fern is as high as a spoon, V'ou may sleep an hour at noon ; When the Fern is as high as a table, You may sleep as long as you're able." Passing, however, these absurdities, of which many others... | |
 | 1854 - 792 pages
...lengthens, The cold strengthens." A. Nn Ju. " Culm weather In June, Set« corn in tune." PlSCATOR. " When the* fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon." AN, JB. " Till St. James* day be come and gone, You may have hops or you may have none." PlSCATOK.... | |
 | Anne Pratt - Botany - 1855 - 346 pages
...contain is not always apparent to modern readers. There was a homely proverb once in common use: — " When the fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep...look red, Then milk is good with brown bread." The name of Brake, as well as the Scottish one of Bracken, is a very old one for this fern. In the old... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Christian life - 1857 - 274 pages
...they are old, must be old when they are young. If thou wilt be healthful, make thyself old betimes. When the fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep...fern is as high as a ladle, You may sleep as long as you are abk When fern begins to look red, Every man is either a fool or a physician after thirty years... | |
 | Anne Pratt - Ferns - 1862 - 348 pages
...to modern readers. There was a homely proverb once in common use : — " When the fern is as high aa a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon ; When the...look red, Then milk is good with brown bread." The name of Brake, as well as the Scottish one of Bracken, is a very old one for this fern. In the old... | |
 | Zachary James Edwards - Ferns - 1862 - 148 pages
...when they are extracted from the rocks. It will certainly thrive in a hot house or under a glass. " When the fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon : When the fern is as high as a table, You may sleep as long as you are able." Plate II, fig. 14. 4. Wall Hue Spleenwort. Asplenium... | |
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When the fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon ; When the fern is as high as a ladle, You may sleep as long as you're able ; When the fern begins to look red, Then milk is good with brown bread. 
