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"Widdecombe folks are picking their geese,
Faster, faster, faster."

A saying among the parishes of the south coast during a snow-storm.
'Widdecombe' is "Widdecombe in the Dartmoors."

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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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