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Eston Nab

Hillfort

Folklore

When Eston nabbe puts on a cloake,
And Roysberrye a cappe,
Then all the folks on Clevelands clay
Ken there will be a clappe.---Yorkshire.
on p130 of
Weather Proverbs and Sayings Not Contained in Inwards' or Swainson's Books
C. W. Empson
The Folk-Lore Record, Vol. 4. (1881), pp. 126-132.
Apparently also in the Denham Tracts from 1850. 		Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
26th April 2007ce
Edited 26th April 2007ce

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