When the wind is in the east,
'Tis neither good for man nor beast;
When the wind is in the north,
The skillful 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.

Multiplication is vexation,

Division is as bad;

The Rule of Three doth puzzle me,
And Practice drives me mad.

If "Ifs" and "Ands"

Were pots and pans,

There would be no need for tinkers.

Thirty days hath September,

April, June, and November;

February has twenty-eight alone;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting leap year; that's the time

When February's days are twenty-nine.

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.

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.

He that would thrive

Must rise at five;

He that has thriven

May lie till seven.

He that by the plow would thrive,
Himself must either hold or drive.

Rain, rain, go away,

Come again another day,

Little Johnny wants to play.

There was a little girl,

And she had a little curl

Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good

She was very, very good,

But when she was bad she was horrid.

Ding, dong, bell; Pussy's in the well.
Who put her in? Little Tommy Green.
Who pulled her out? Big John Stout.
What a naughty boy was that,
To drown poor pussy cat,

Who never did him any harm,

But killed the rats in his father's barn!

Little Miss Muffet

Sat on a tuffet,

Eating of curds and whey:

There came a black spider,

And sat down beside her,

Which frightened Miss Muffet away.

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe;
She had so many children she didn't know what to do;
She gave them some broth without any bread;

She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.

"Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man;
"So I will, master, as fast as I can."
"Pat it, and prick it, and mark it with T;
Put in the oven for Tommy and me."

Intery, mintery, cutery, corn,
Apple seed and apple thorn,
Wire, brier, limber, lock,
Three geese in a flock;

One flew east, one flew west,

One flew over the cuckoo's nest.

One-ery, two-ery, hickory, hum,
Fillison, follison, Nicholson, John.

See-saw, Margery Daw,

Johnny shall have a new master;
He shall have but a penny a day,
Because he can't work any faster.

If all the world were apple pie,
And all the sea were ink,

And all the trees were bread and cheese,

What should we have for drink?

20

CHOICE LITERATURE

How many stars are in the sky?
More than you can count or I.

How many drops are in the seas?

How

many leaves are on the trees?
How many grains of sand on the s

Count all you can, and there are m

Hickory, dickory, dock,

The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,

Be

And down he run,

Hickory, dickory, dock.

you to others kind and true
As you'd have others be to you;
And neither do nor say to men
Whate'er you would not take again.

I saw a ship a-sailing,

A-sailing on the sea;

And, oh! it was all laden

With pretty things for thee!

There were comfits in the cabin,

And apples in the hold;

The sails were made of silk,

And the masts were made of