dry-mash-and-green-bone

Updated: June 23, 2025

In all that town, peradventure, not five bee-keepers could be found, and for the same reason that so few righteous men were found in Sodom. Bee-keeping, like keeping righteous, is exceedingly difficult; it is one of the fine arts, and no dry-mash-and-green-bone affair as of hens.

Dallas Lore Sharp - The Hills of Hingham