Part 5 (1/2)
NATURE requires five, Custom gives seven!
Laziness takes nine, And Wickedness eleven.
[_Hours of Sleep._
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SEE 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!
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NEEDLES and pins, needles and pins.
When a man marries his trouble begins.
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BOUNCE buckram, velvet's dear; Christmas comes but once a year.
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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.
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IF 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 Sat.u.r.day, see your sweetheart to-morrow.
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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; When the wind is in the south, It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth; When the wind is in the west, Then 'tis at the very best.
[Ill.u.s.tration: He that would thrive]
HE that would thrive 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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A SWARM of bees in May Is worth a load of hay; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly.
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YEOW mussent sing a' Sunday, Becaze it is a sin, But yeow may sing a' Monday Till Sunday c.u.ms agin.
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A SUNs.h.i.+NY shower Won't last half an hour.
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FOR every evil under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none.