 | James Ford - English literature - 1818 - 430 pages
...of St. Martin, Nov. 1. SY5 THE All Saints § do lay for pork and souse,J For sprats and spurlings t for their house. At Christmas play, and make good cheer, For Christmas comes, but once a year. Though some then do, as do they would, Let thrifty do, as do they should. For causes good,... | |
 | James Ford - English literature - 1818 - 432 pages
...beeause it >'.- i , usual in kill the beef for ibi-i provision about the Feast of St. Martin, Nov. I. THE All Saints § do lay for pork and souse,! For sprats and spurlings t for their house. At Christmas play, and make good cheer, For Christmas comes, but once a year. Though... | |
 | 1867 - 396 pages
...poem contains some lines which have found currency in modern times as rhythmical proverbs, such as, "At Christmas play, and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year." And— " The stone that is rolling can gather no moss ; For master and servant oft changing... | |
 | Thomas Tusser - 1848 - 202 pages
...grass-beef and pease. Fresh herring plenty Michael brings, With fatted crones, and such old things. All Saints do lay for pork and souse, For sprats and...and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. Though some then do, as do they would, Let thrifty do, as do they should. For causes good,... | |
 | Thomas Tusser - 1848 - 202 pages
...grass-beef and pease. Fresh herring plenty Michael brings, With fatted crones, and such old things. All Saints do lay for pork and souse, For sprats and...Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas conies but once a year. Though some then do, as do they would, Let thrifty do, as do they should. For... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...it stood, It is an ill wind turns none to good. Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. CHAPTER xii. At Christmas play, and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. CHAPTER xxxviii. Such mistress, such Nan, Such master, such man. ' CHAPTER xlvi. 'Tis merry... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1857 - 330 pages
...plenty Michael [mas] brings, With fatted crones [old ewes] and such old things. All Saints [Hallowmas] do lay for pork and souse, For sprats and spurlings for their house. For causes good, so many ways, Keep Embrings'- well and fasting days. The land doth will, the sea doth... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1857 - 330 pages
...plenty Michael [mas] brings, With fatted crones [old ewes] and such old things. All Saints [Hallowmas] do lay for pork and souse, For sprats and spurlings for their house. For causes good, so many ways, Keep Embrings 3 well and fasting days. The land doth will, the sea doth... | |
 | Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...TIME. Christmas. TT was old Thomas Tusser, away back in fifteen hunA dred and something, who sang : At Christmas play, and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. The return of this anniversary is no longer a matter of indifference in any department of thought... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill wind turns none to good.* Moral Reflections on the Wind. At Christmas play, and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. Fice Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. Chap, xii, Such mistress, such Nan, Such master, such... | |
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At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. 
