Not often I bark with uncontrollable and spontaneous laughter, and I'd have
thought about the last time would be rereading Sexton's +Awful Rowing+, but
this totally creased me, so much so that I wanted to pass it on at once.
It's the last two lines ...
The Stone Dormouse
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Earthquakes mean March.
The dragon will move,
and the earth will open like a wound.
There will be great rain or snow
so save some coal for your uncle.
The sun of this month cures all.
Therefore, old women say
Let the sun of March shine on my daughter,
but let the sun of February shine on my daughter-in-law.
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