. Discovery. Science. ^âTHRESHING FLOOR. of May], then is the time to whet your ; The house-carrier is, of course, the snail. Hesiod, like other rustics, has queer old-fashioned names for beasts. The ant is " the ^^â lse One," the cuttlefish " the Boneless One," the burglar " the Man who sleeps by ; Some things, of course, it is unlucky to men- Men born on the twentieth of the month in daylight are very wise. The nineteenth is a lucky birthday for boys, and the fourth for girls. Never put the ladle on the mixing-bowl at a wine-party, for mal


. Discovery. Science. ^âTHRESHING FLOOR. of May], then is the time to whet your ; The house-carrier is, of course, the snail. Hesiod, like other rustics, has queer old-fashioned names for beasts. The ant is " the ^^â lse One," the cuttlefish " the Boneless One," the burglar " the Man who sleeps by ; Some things, of course, it is unlucky to men- Men born on the twentieth of the month in daylight are very wise. The nineteenth is a lucky birthday for boys, and the fourth for girls. Never put the ladle on the mixing-bowl at a wine-party, for malignant I The superstitious man in Theophrastus will not tread on a tombstone (Theophrastus, Characters, xxviii).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London [etc. ] Professional and Industrial Pub. Co. [etc. ]


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