blessed are the dead that the rain rains on

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• blessed are the dead that the rain rains on — A similar belief is happy is the bride that the sun shines on. 1607 Puritan I. i. If, Blessed bee the coarse [corpse] the raine raynes vpon, he had it, powring downe. 1787 F. GROSE Provincial Glossary (Superstitions) 61 It is..esteemed a good… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• dead — see let the dead bury the dead dead men don’t bite dead men tell no tales blessed are the dead that the rain rains on the only good Indian is a dead Indian it’s ill waiting for dead men’s shoes …   Proverbs new dictionary

• rain — see rain before seven, fine before eleven blessed are the dead that the rain rains on if in February there be no rain, ’tis neither good for hay nor grain it never rains but it pours Saint Swit …   Proverbs new dictionary

• blessed — see blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed it is better to give than to receive blessed are the dead that the rain rains on …   Proverbs new dictionary

• happy is the bride that the sun shines on — An equivalent superstition is blessed are the dead that the rain rains on. 1648 HERRICK Hesperides 129 Blest is the Bride, on whom the Sun doth shine. And thousands gladly wish You multiply, as doth a fish. 1787 F. GROSE Provincial Glossary… …   Proverbs new dictionary

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