Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. & C. Black · leaf 278
old flowers close their petals. 2That ducks will make a loud and insistent quacking. 3 That—so they say—the cat will sit by the fire and clean her whiskers. 4 That the tables and chairs will creak. 5That dogs will eat grass. 6 That moles will heave. In the garden he too will observe the birds,… … A DOVECOT IN A SUSSEX GARDEN Evening red and morning grey I must confess that I have not found this cometrue of robins, any more than I have found waterwag-tailscoming on the lawn to be a harbinger of rain, or thatthrushes eat more snails than worms in the dry season.Of this last I get enjoyment…
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