 | James Ford - 1818 - 404 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 - 404 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... | |
 | Thomas Tusser - 1848
...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
...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,... | |
 | John Bartlett - Reference - 1856 - 358 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... | |
 | Shuttleworth family, Chetham Society, John Harland - 1857
...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... | |
 | 1857
...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... | |
 | 1889
...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 - 480 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... | |
 | 1867 - 715 pages
...Sh. Hen. VIn. I. 1. CHBISTIAN. A Christian is the highest style of man. Young, NT iv. 788. CEBISTMAS. At Christmas play, and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. Tuner, 500 pointt, 12. Lo ! now is come our joyful'st feast ! Let every man bo jolly. Each... | |
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At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. 
