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F you sneeze on Monday, you sneeze for danger;
Sneeze on a Tuesday, kiss a stranger;

Sneeze on a Wednesday, sneeze for a letter;
Sneeze on a Thursday, something better;
Sneeze on a Friday, sneeze for sorrow;

Sneeze on a Saturday, see your sweetheart to-morrow.

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HEN the wind is in the east,

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'Tis neither good for man nor beast ;

When the wind is in the north,

The skilful fisher goes not forth;

When the wind is in the south,

It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth;

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Must rise at five;

He that hath thriven

May lie till seven;

And he that by the plough would thrive,
Himself must either hold or drive.

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EOW mussent sing a' Sunday,

Y Becaze it is a sin,

But yeow may sing a' Monday
Till Sunday cums agin.

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There is a remedy, or there is none.

If there be one, try and find it;

If there be none, never mind it.

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HE art of good driving's a paradox quite, Though custom has prov'd it so long; If you go to the left, you're sure to go right, If you go to the right, you go wrong.

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HE fair maid who, the first of May,

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Goes to the fields at break of day,

And washes in dew from the hawthorn tree,
Will ever after handsome be.

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ARLY to bed, and early to rise,

Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

ONDAY'S bairn is fair of face,

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grace,

Tuesday's bairn is full of
Wednesday's bairn is full of woe,
Thursday's bairn has far to go,
Friday's bairn is loving and giving,

Saturday's bairn works hard for its living,
But the bairn that is born on the Sabbath day

Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

'OR want of a nail, the shoe was lost;

FOR want of a nails

For want of the shoe, the horse was lost;

For want of the horse, the rider was lost;
For want of the rider, the battle was lost;
For want of the battle, the kingdom was lost;
And all from the want of a horseshoe nail.

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