parsley seed goes nine times to the devil
- parsley seed goes nine times to the devil
1658 in Mennis & Smith Wit Restored 35 There is a saying in the North Riding of Yorkshire that The weed [parsley] before it’s borne Nine times the devill sees.
1885 Notes & Queries 6th ser. XI. 467 Parsley seed (when it has been sown) goes nine times to the devil.
1908 D. H. LAWRENCE Letter 4 May (1962) I. 7 People say parsley seed goes seven times (some are moderate, discarding the holy number as unfit, and say five) to the Old Lad, it is so long a-germinating.
1981 in A. Hewins Dillen xiv. It’s a queer plant, parsley: ‘sow on Good Friday, seven times down to Hell afore it chits [sprouts (dialect)].’
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