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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Sheep |
| A black sheep is a biting beast. Bastard’s Chrestoleros. P. 90. (1598). | 1 |
| She walks—the lady of my delight— A sheperdess of sheep. Her flocks are thoughts. She keeps them white; She guards them from the steep. She feeds them on the fragrant height, And folds them in for sleep. Alice Meynell—The Lady of the Lambs. | 2 |
| A leap year Is never a good sheep year. Old English Saying. | 3 |
| The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter. We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. Thos. L. Peacock—The Misfortunes of Elphin. The War-Song of Dinas Vawr. | 4 |
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