Show Proverb Hu Ha Many Forms Form A bird In the hard Is II worth two Ire In the bush comES comE'S from a collection of Scottish sa lh found In John Rays nays Collection ot of English Provo erts a book which appeared first In and ond which went through several editions The original phrase a as s found In nay flay Is a fowl In hand nor two t tying In r form It appears In a collection by John Heywood 1546 15 as foll wa nettEr Better one bird In hand than ten In the wood And d there are other early variations one at least from the Hebrew two from the French and two from the |