Hot July brings cooling showers, August brings the sheaves of corn, Warm September brings the fruit; Fresh October brings the pheasant; Dull November brings the blast; Chill December brings the sleet, Sara Coleridge [1802-1852] RIDDLES THERE was a girl in our town, Silk an' satin was her gown, Silk an' satin, gold an' velvet, Guess her name, three times I've telled it. (Ann.) As soft as silk, as white as milk, As bitter as gall, a thick green wall, And a green coat covers me all. (A walnut.) Make three fourths of a cross, And a circle complete; And let two semicircles On a perpendicular meet; Next add a triangle That stands on two feet; Next two semicircles, And a circle complete. (TOBACCO.) Flour of England, fruit of Spain, Met together in a shower of rain; Put in a bag tied round with a string, If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a ring. (A plum-pudding.) Riddles In marble walls as white as milk, No doors there are to this stronghold, Yet thieves break in and steal the gold. (An egg.) Little Nanny Etticoat, In a white petticoat, And a red nose; The longer she stands, The shorter she grows. (A candle.) Long legs, crooked thighs, Little head and no eyes. (A pair of tongs.) Thirty white horses upon a red hill, Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still. Formed long ago, yet made to-day, Employed while others sleep; What few would like to give away, Nor any wish to keep. (A bed.) Lives in winter, Dies in summer, And grows with its root upwards. (An icicle.) Elizabeth, Lizzy, Betsy and Bess, All went together to seek a bird's nest; They each took one and left four in it. Thomas a Tattamus took two T's, 63 (The teeth.) To frighten the terrible Thomas a Tattamus! Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, And a long tail which she let fly; And every time she went over a gap, She left a bit of her tail in a trap. (A needle and thread.) As I went through a garden gap, Who should I meet but Dick Red-Cap! A stick in his hand, a stone in his throat, If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a groat. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king's horses and all the king's men (A cherry). Cannot put Humpty Dumpty together again. (An egg.) Two legs sat upon three legs, With one leg in his lap; In comes four legs And runs away with one leg; Up jumps two legs, Catches up three legs, Throws it after four legs, And makes him drop one leg. (A man, a stool, a leg of mutton, and a dog.) PROVERBS IF wishes were horses, If turnips were watches, I'd wear one by my side. A MAN of words, and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds; 65 Proverbs HE that would thrive Must rise at five; He that hath thriven May lie till seven; 1 And he that by the plough would thrive, I A SWARM of bees in May Is worth a load of hay; THEY that wash on Monday They that wash on Thursday, Wash for shame; h They that wash on Friday, Wash in need; And they that wash on Saturday, Oh, they are slovens, indeed,, NEEDLES and pins, needles and pins, i. When a man marries, his trouble begins. FOR every evil under the sun, ́. There is a remedy, or there is none. If there be one, try and find it; If there be none, never mind it. TOMMY's tears, and Mary's fears, IF "ifs" and "ands" " IN 5 KA There would be no need for tinkers!. FOR want of a nail, the shoe was lost; ' WEATHER WISDOM A SUNSHINY Shower Won't last half an hour. RAIN before seven, THE South wind brings wet weather, The East wind blows it back again. I EVENING red and morning gray Set the traveller on his way, But evening gray and morning red, RAINBOW at night Is the sailor's delight; Sailors, take warning. All the day you'll have good luck; // See a pin and let it lay, Bad luck you will have all day. |