...more than Pforfe, Nor can their Jfpetfs (though you pore Your Eyes out on 'em") tell you more Than th' Oracle of Sieve and Shears , That turns as certain as the Spheres , But iif the Devil's of your Couniel: Much may be done, my noble Donzel. 'An<f*ti$ on his Account...

...more than a horse , "Nor can their aspects, thongh you pore Your eyre out on 'em, tell you more Thau th' oracle of sieve and shears, That turns as certain as the spheres : 570 But if the devil's of your council, Much may be done, my noble Donzel ; And 'tis on this account...

...for the stars 175 Nor can their aspects, though you pore Your eyes out on 'em., tell you more Than th' oracle of sieve and shears ; That turns as certain as the spheres : 570 But if the devil's of your council, Much may be done, my noble Donzel : And 'tis on his account...

...more than a horse ; Nor can their aspects (though you pore Your eyes out on "em) tell you more Tli an th' oracle of sieve and shears, That turns as certain as the spheres : 570 But if the devil's of your council, Much may be done, my noble Donzel ; And 'tis on his account...

...DIVINATION BY SIEVE AND SHEERS. BUTLER mentions this in his " Hudihras," p. II. Canto iii. 1. 569. " Th' oracle of Sieve and Shears, That turns as certain as the spheres.'^ ' ) Melton, in his " Astrologaster," p. 45, gives a catalogue of many superstitious ceremonies, in...

...DIVINATION BY SIEVE AND SHEERS. BUTLER mentions this in his " Hndibras," p. II. Canto iii. l. 569. " Th' oracle of Sieve and Shears, That turns as certain as the spheres. "(') Melton, in his " Astrologaster," p. 45, gives a catalogue of many superstitious ceremonies, in...

...fiavrtvofjevos) as a common practice in his time. Pseudomantis, Op. i, 753." Fosbroke's En. of Ant. " Th' oracle of sieve and shears, That turns as certain as the spheres." Hudibras, Part 2, Canto iii, 1. 569. Brand's Pop. Ant. iii, 187. RIDDY, a. Ready. RIFE, a. Prevalent. AS ryf. RIFF-RAFF,...

...(KOOKIVOV pavrevofjevos) as a common practice in his time. Pseudomantis, Op. i, 753." Fosbroke'&En.ofAnt. " Th' oracle of sieve and shears, That turns as certain as the spheres." RIFE, a. Prevalent. AS ryf. RIFF-RAFF, n. Low, disorderly people. Lane., Will. RIFT, v. To belch. Jam.,...

...hands of tne thief — a survival of the old classic and medieval ordeal described in Hudibras as ' th' oracle of sieve and shears, that turns as certain as the spheres.' But instances of this kind are mostly confined to the uncultured part of the community, for, happily,...

...the real thief, the sieve will suddenly turn round about. Hudibras speaks of this superstition as The oracle of sieve and shears, That turns as certain as the spheres. To this day it is customary in Lancashire to consult " a seer" in cases of lost property ; and the...