April 14th. The cuckoo sings from St. Tiburtius’s Day (April 14th) to St. John’s Day (June 24th).
This most certainly is not correct, as I have heard the cuckoo even in August; but without doubt July is the month of its migration generally.
The proverb says:
“July, prepares to fly; August, go he must.”
⁂ It is said that he migrates to Egypt.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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