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not give them a chance to use their stingers.
If your cows eat the chestnut blossoms when they fall, it will dry them up.
Others simply say, “The cows dry up when the chestnuts begin to blossom,” and affirm that the eating has nothing to do with the matter.
Notice your hens’ eggs. The long ones will hatch roosters, and those more nearly round will be pullets.
When you have a tooth pulled, don’t leave it lying about. Burn it up. If the cat gets hold of it, the next tooth that comes will be a cat’s tooth.
A swarm of bees in May
Is worth a load of hay.
A swarm of bees in June
Is worth a silver spoon.
A swarm of bees in July
Isn’t worth a fly.
If the rooster crows in the middle of the night, you may expect soon to hear bad news. It is understood that the direction the rooster’s head is pointed indicates whence the bad news will come; and there have been persons who, hearing the rooster’s midnight call,
