Chicken link
Posted by R. Berg on October 17, 2002
In Reply to: Counting chickens posted by R. Berg on October 17, 2002
: : Hi! What is the origin of the phrase, "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched."? Mrs. Morrissey's class has struck again...(Saxon)
: Mrs. Morrissey's students would be well advised to look at Aesop's Fables--in particular, "The Milkmaid and Her Pail" (link below or [Dead link removed - ed]. The version at that site looks suspiciously modern to me, referring as it does to a Farmer Brown, but it has the gist of the old story.
- Don't count your chickens ESC 10/17/02