So much is this the case that the phrase Loo-byo hie thee a-chehn, " Courting time," is commonly used in ordinary conversation to designate nine o'clock at night, or a little before or after. The time may be due to the fact that occupation, or the heat, prevent it during the day, but there is an old saw which may account for it, to the effect that in the morning women are cross and peevish ; in the middle of the day they are testy and quarrelsome; but at night they are sweet and amiable.