OLD SAYINGS.
There is an old saying at Honeybourne, near Broadway, as follows:
"There was a church at Honeyborn
When Evesham was but bush and thorn."
There is a saying that—
"When elmen leaves are as large as a farden,
It's time to plant kidney beans in the garden."
or,
"When elm leaves are as big as a shilling,
Plant kidney beans, if to plant 'em you're willing;
When elm leaves are big as a penny,
You must plant kidney beans if you mean to have any."
Another saying is—
"On Candlemas day
Every good goose should lay."
It is proverbial in Worcestershire that "you never hear the cuckoo before Tenbury fair or after Pershore fair." Tenbury fair is on April 20, and Pershore fair is on June 26, which two dates pretty correctly mark the duration of the cuckoo's visit.