 | John Yonge Akerman - English language - 1842 - 88 pages
...within this grove's shade.—Ibid. 39. Lewth. Warmth. AS HleopS. Lid e. The month of March, Lib-MonatS, now obsolete. " The vulgar in the West of England,"...after physicians may play." Lief, Liefer. Rather. Li ll. To loll out the tongue. Limber. Limp, flaccid. Lissom. Nimble, Lithesome. Lock. A small quantity... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1844 - 636 pages
...the time of Aubrey, who has preserved the following proverbial rhyme in which this name occurs: Eat leeks in Lide, and Ramsins in May, And all the year after physicians may play. June, in addition to its name of Arra Lid (before Lide), was also called Sear monad, or dry month,... | |
 | Walter William Skeat - English language - 1880 - 348 pages
...from the wind. [AS Meo, Meow, shelter.'] Lewth, warmth. t Lide, the month of March, AS lidmonaíi, now obsolete. " The vulgar in the West of England,"...May, And all the year after physicians may play." See Anecdotes and Traditions, printed by the Oamden Society, p. 83, no. cxlviii. Lief, Liever, rather.... | |
 | rev. w.w. sjeat - 1880 - 360 pages
...sheltered from the wind. [AS hleo, Meow, shelter.^ Lewth, warmth. t Lide, the month of March, AS lidmona%, now obsolete. " The vulgar in the West of England,"...says Aubrey, " doe call the moneth of March, Lide." A pro' verbial rythm— "Eate leeks in Lide, and ramsins in May, And all the year after physicians may... | |
 | James Britten, Robert Holland - Plant names, Popular - 1886 - 672 pages
...Culpeper (1802), i. 189. So called from its time of flowering. 'Lide, the month of March, AS lidmoiiaS, now obsolete. " The vulgar in the West of England," says Aubrey, " doe call the moneth of March, tide. Eate leeks in Lide and ramsins in May, And all the year after physicians may play." ' EDS Gloss.... | |
 | Charles McLean Andrews - Feudalism - 1892 - 314 pages
...in this century (Akerman, Wiltsh. Gloss., 32), and the following rhyme was a common aphorism : Eat leeks in Lide and ramsins in May, And all the year after physicians may play. (Anecd. and Tradii., cxlviii, 83). of Easter/ and May the month of the three milkings ; this, as has... | |
 | James Shaw - Teachers - 1899 - 550 pages
...vagabond. Ramps, Allium ursinum. This is an old English word. An old English word for March was Lide. ' Eat leeks in Lide, and ramsins in May, And all the year after physicians may play. 1 Raskill or Rascal, a young deer. This is Shakespeare's word for a young deer. In Tynron we have Mount... | |
 | Vincent Stuckey Lean - Proverbs - 1902 - 550 pages
...et gay.—Joubert, Er. Pop., II. (34). Le rest de 1'an sit sain et gay.—Bacon, Promut (1630). Eat leeks in Lide and ramsins in May and all the year after physicians may play. Aubrey, Remains of G. and J.; .\al. Hut. of Wiltt, p. 51. Lide is March.—Bullokar, Cor. My*t., p,... | |
 | Vincent Stuckey Lean - Proverbs - 1902 - 546 pages
...et gay.—Joubert, Er. Pop., II. (34). Le rest de l'an sit sain et gay.—Bacon, Promus (1650). Eat leeks in Lide and ramsins in May and all the year after physicians may play. Aubrey, Remains of G. and J.; Nat. Hist, of Wilts, p. 51. Lide is March.—Bullokar, Cov. Myst., p,... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - Proverbs, English - 1907 - 1048 pages
...to be prudent; why tis pastie erust, ' Eat enough, and it will make you wise,' an old proverb." Eat leeks in Lide, and ramsins in May, and all the year after physitians may play. Aubrey's Remains of Gentilism and Judaism. Lide u Mareh from AS Ulyd, ie, loud... | |
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The vulgar in the West of England," says Aubrey, " doe call the moneth of March, Lide. A proverbial rythm— " Eate leeks in Lide, and ramsins in May, And all the year after physicians may play. 