...delighted our vision during the day, except a wren, which I disgracefully twice missed, verifying the adage that — " the robin and the wren, Are God Almighty's cock and hen ;" for the hen certainly escaped by a miracle, and nought but a divine miracle ; and the cock must...

...privilege for which it is difficult to give a reason, except, perhaps, the very incomprehensible assertion that " The robin and the wren are God Almighty's cock and hen ;" although why these two birds, both proverbially quarrelsome and pugnacious, should be selected,...

...delighted our vision during the day, except a wren, which I disgracefully twice missed, verifying the adage that — "the robin and the wren, Are God Almighty's cock and hen , " for the hen certainly escaped by a miracle, and nought but a divine miracle ; and the cock must...

...first instance. While " The martin and the swallow Are God Almighty's bow and arrow," it is also said that " The robin and the wren Are God Almighty's cock and hen;" and nothing but ill fortune would attend the callous man who dared to do an injury to our pugnacious...

...together in nursery lore. They are known as " Cock Robin " and " Jenny Wren," and there is a common saying that — The robin and the wren Are God Almighty's cock and hen. So sacred are they supposed to be that — He that kills rabbin or wran, Will never prosper, boy nor...

...ingredients are not the result of modern invention, but relics of the primitive witchcraft or Ur~retigiett, which was founded on pain, terror, and the repulsive....eyes, and then during the whole year to come, dolorem on/mem oculorum tuorum Mrundines auferant — the swallows will carry away all your complaints of the...