But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten: for they were not yet grown up.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Late ward. The hail fell in February. (Bonfrere) Aristophanes (in Avibus) says, the Egyptians and Phenicians have their harvest when the cuckoo begins to sing. The month Nisan, which answers to part of March and April, was honoured with the first fruits, chap. xiii. 4. (Menochius)
