it is not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies
- it is not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies
1863 R. CHAMBERS Book of Days I. 312 We can now plant our ‘foot upon nine daisies’ and not until that can be done do the old-fashioned country people believe that spring is really come.
1878 T. F. THISELTON-DYER English Folk-Lore i. ‘It ain’t spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies,’ is a proverb still very prevalent.
1910 Spectator 26 Mar. 499 Spring is here when you can tread on nine daisies at once on the village green; so goes one of the country proverbs.
1972 CASSON & GRENFELL Nanny Says 52 When you can step on six daisies at once, summer has come.
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foot — see it is not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies one white foot, buy him; two white feet, try him; three white feet, look well about him; four white feet, go without him better to die on your feet than live on your knees the … Proverbs new dictionary
plant — see it is not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs he who plants thorns should not expect to gather roses … Proverbs new dictionary
spring — noun see it is not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies verb see hope springs eternal … Proverbs new dictionary
twelve — see it is not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
daisy — see it is not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies … Proverbs new dictionary
nine — see nine tailors make a man parsley seed goes nine times to the devil possession is nine points of the law it is not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies a stitch in time saves nine … Proverbs new dictionary
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