The Nursery Rhyme Book. Lang Andrew

      PUNCH and Judy

      Fought for a pie;

      Punch gave Judy

      A sad blow on the eye.

      TAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief;

      Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef:

      I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home;

      Taffy came to my house and stole a marrow-bone.

      I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not in;

      Taffy came to my house and stole a silver pin:

      I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed,

      I took up a poker and flung it at his head.

      LITTLE Tommy Tittlemouse

      Lived in a little house;

      He caught fishes

      In other men's ditches.

      LITTLE Jack Horner sat in a corner,

      Eating a Christmas pie;

      He put in his thumb, and he pulled out a plum,

      And said, "What a good boy am I!"

      SOLOMON GRUNDY,

      Born on a Monday,

      Christened on Tuesday,

      Married on Wednesday,

      Took ill on Thursday,

      Worse on Friday,

      Died on Saturday,

      Buried on Sunday:

      This is the end

      Of Solomon Grundy.

      TO 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.

      ST. SWITHIN's day, if thou dost rain,

      For forty days it will remain:

      St. Swithin's day, if thou be fair,

      For forty days 'twill rain na mair.

      IF wishes were horses,

      Beggars would ride;

      If turnips were watches,

      I would wear one by my side.

      NATURE requires five,

      Custom gives seven!

      Laziness takes nine,

      And Wickedness eleven.      [Hours of Sleep.

      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!

      NEEDLES and pins, needles and pins.

      When a man marries his trouble begins.

      BOUNCE 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.

      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 Saturday, see your sweetheart to-morrow.

      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.

      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.

      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.

      Is not worth a fly.

      YEOW mussent sing a' Sunday,

      Becaze it is a sin,

      But yeow may sing a' Monday