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Thread #128924 Message #2890005
Posted By: peregrina
19-Apr-10 - 03:10 PM
Thread Name: ADD: One for Rook, one for crow (Guist Ploughman)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One for the Rook, one for the crow
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How to sow Beans. 'One for the mouse, One for the crow, One to rot, One to grow.'
[1850 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. II. 515]
'Kernels,' said Pa. 'Four kernels. ‥One for the blackbird, One for the crow, And that will leave Just two to grow.'
[1941 L. I. Wilder Little Town on Prairie ii.]
Careful farmers‥sow their seed broadcast, saying: One for wind and one for crow One to die and one to grow.
[1961 N. Lofts House at Old Vine i. 34]