[36] Gomme, loc. cit.: Wallflowers:—
Mister Moffit is a very good man,
He came to the door with a hat in his hand,
He pulled up his cloak and showed me the ring;
To-morrow, to-morrow the wedding begins.
First he bought a frying pan, then he bought the cradle,
And then one day the baby was born. Rock, rock the cradle.
(No. 32.)
[37] Cf.
A whistling woman and a crowing hen
Are neither fit for God or man.
(1892, p. 506.)
Also:
Une femme qui siffle et une poule qui crie
Porte malheur dans la maison.
[38] Scarth, H. M., Aquæ Solis, Notices on Roman Bath, 1864, pp. 16 ff., 22 ff., etc.
[39] Ibid., p. 53.
[40] Cf. Addy, S. O., House Tales and Traditional Remains, 1895, pp. 86, 120.
[41] Bohn, H., A Handbook of Proverbs, 1901, p. 43.