...grave, was lamented by her lover. In a vein of renovating sweetness, the good mermaid sung to him — " Wad ye let the bonnie May die i' your hand, And the mugwort flowering i' the land ?" He cropped and pressed the flower-tops, and administered the juice to his fair mistress,...

...Culpeper, Student in Physick and Astrology, more grateful antidotes to " melancholy and sad thoughtsf." * " Wad ye let the bonnie May die i' your hand, And the Mugwort flowering i' the land ? " See Chambers' Popular Rhymes, p. 34. In the " History of the Medical Profession " contained...

...alle an ihrer rettung verzweifelten, sang eine meerfrau, die dem volk oft heilsamen rath ertheilte: wad ye let the bonnie may die i' your hand, and the...Glasgow vorbeigefahren, da streckte die mermaid das haupt aus dem wasser, und rief mit langsamer stimme: if they wad drink nettles in marcb, and eat muggons...

...grave, was lamented by her lover. In a vein of renovating sweetness, the good mermaid sung to him : " Wad ye let the bonnie May die i' your hand, And the mugwort flowering i' the land ?" He cropped and pressed the flower-tops, and administered the juice to his fair mistress,...

...and all had despaired of her recovery, when a mermaid, who often gave the people good counsel, sang : Wad ye let the bonnie may die i' your hand, And the mugwort flowering in the land 1 They immediately plucked the herb, gave her the juice of it, and she was restored to health. Another...

...and all had despaired of her recovery, when a mermaid, who often gave the people good counsel, sang : Wad ye let the bonnie may die i' your hand, And the mugwort flowering in the land ! They immediately plucked the herb, gave her the juice of it, and she was restored to health. Another...

...Galloway song which a mermaid sings to the sorrowful relations of a girl dying with consumption — Wad ye let the bonnie May die i' your hand And the Mugwort flowering in tue land ! As to the " loathly things," compare Grimm's quotation, which is too amusing to leave out,...

...mermaid sings to the sorrowful relations of a girl dying with consumption — Wad ye let the honnie May die i" your hand And the Mugwort flowering in the land ! Remember thou, Mugwort, what thou declaredst, What thou preparedst at the great declaration ! Thou...

...green cheese, or that spade shafts bear plooms ? Indicates incredulity. What you suggest is absurd. WAD ye let the bonnie May die i' your hand, And the Mugwort flowering i' the land ? This was the advice given by a mermaid in Galloway to a young man as to how he should...

...and all had despaired of her recovery, when a mermaid, who often gave people good counsel, sang : — Wad ye let the bonni'e may die i' your hand, And the mugwort growing in the land ! They immediately plucked the herb, gave her the juice of it, and she was restored...