In July
Some reap rye.
In August,
If one won't, the other must.
From Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, given in Hone's Year-Book, col. 1595.
In March
The birds begin to search;
In April
The corn begins to fill;
In May
The birds begin to lay.
From Lancashire. This resembles in its character the cuckoo song we have given at p. 160.
Friday night's dream
On the Saturday told,
Is sure to come true,
Be it never so old.
When it gangs up i' sops,
It'll fall down i' drops.
A North country proverb, the sops being the small detached clouds hanging on the sides of a mountain. Carr, ii. 147.
To-morrow come never,
When two Sundays come together.
This is sometimes addressed to one who promises something "to-morrow," but who is often in the habit of making similar engagements, and not remembering them.
[TIT FOR TAT.]
The proverb of tit for tat may perhaps be said to be going out of fashion, but it is still a universal favorite with children. When any one is ill-natured, and the sufferer wishes to hint his intention of retaliating at the first convenient opportunity, he cries out—