MAY formerly was sacred to Apollo:
The ancients little thought of what would follow,—
That MAY—descending to the lowest deeps—
Should e'er by fate become the fête of sweeps!
1st. A molar tooth extracted from a person during mesmeric sleep. He
retained his unconsciousness in spite of his teeth.
16th. The Greenwich peerage became extinct by the giving way of the
stone structure. The slates on the roof remained firm to the last, and
behaved like bricks.
25th. Sir Valentine Blake moved for leave to bring in a Bill to restore
the Irish Parliament. The motion not being seconded, he took leave of
his own accord, and withdrew.