SC - Turkeys in Tusser
Christine A Seelye-King
mermayde at juno.com
Fri Mar 3 07:51:47 PST 2000
Magdalena writes:
> _Not_ to stir up the discussion again...
>
> Thomas Tusser _500 Good Points of Husbandry_ (1571)
> From May's Husbandry
>
> Grass, thistle, and mustard-seed, hemlock and bur,
> tine, mallow, and nettle, that keep such a stur;
> With peacock and turkey, that nibble off top,
> are very ill neighbors, to seely poor hop.
Anyone care to guess at what that last line means? I have heard my last
name used in conjunction with fairies before, (and maybe even in the same
breath as turkey...) but not in relation to ill neighbors. :)
Christianna
(mka Christine Seelye-King)
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