T

O make your candles last for a',

You wives and maids give ear-o!

To put 'em out's the only way,
Says honest John Boldero.

T. SWITHIN'S day, if thou dost rain,

STR

For forty days it will remain :

St. Swithin's day, if thou be fair,
For forty days 'twill rain na mair.

F wishes were horses,

IF

Beggars would ride;

If turnips were watches,

I would wear one by my side.

ATURE requires five,

No Custom gives seven!

Laziness takes nine,

And Wickedness eleven.

[Hours of Sleep.

S

EE a pin and pick it up,

All the day you'll have good luck;

See a pin and let it lay,

Bad luck you'll have all the day!

Bou

OUNCE BUCKRAM, velvet's dear;
Christmas comes but once a year.

A

MAN of words and not of deeds,

Is like a garden full of weeds;
And when the weeds begin to grow,
It's like a garden full of snow;
And when the snow begins to fall,
It's like a bird upon the wall;
And when the bird away does fly,
It's like an eagle in the sky;
And when the sky begins to roar,
It's like a lion at the door;
And when the door begins to crack,
It's like a stick across your back;
And when your back begins to smart,
It's like a penknife in your heart;
And when your heart begins to bleed,
You're dead, and dead, and dead, indeed.

you sneeze on Monday, you sneeze for danger;

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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.

W

WHEN the wind is in the east,

'Tis neither good for man nor beast ;

When the wind is in the north,
The skilful fisher goes not forth;