Conditions are anything but propitious for the lambing season in England so far, and the fact is bound ! to revive in sheep-rearing quarters j the old belief that leap year and | lambing have little good in common, i There is, indeed, a brief but expresj sive couplet in country lore which i declares: Leap year was ne’er a good I sheep year. Another belief held | by many of the older shepherds was that in leap year there is a marked decrease in the number of twins and triplets born to sheep mothers.— • Manchester Guardian.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21083, 9 April 1940, Page 2
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