Proverbs in Rhyme

PROVERBS in Rhime.

A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school Is always in good season.

A halter and a rope for him that will be Pope Without all right or reason.

Snow is white and lies in the dike, And every man lets it lie: Pepper is black, and has a good smack, And every man does it buy.

The higher the plum-tree, the riper the plum; The richer the cobler, the blacker his thumb.

Bounce Buckram, Velvet's dear, Christmas comes but once a year; And when it comes it brings good chear, But when it's gone it's never the near.

He that buys land, buys many stones; He that buys flesh, buys many bones; He that buys eggs, buys many shells; But he that buys good ale, buys nothing else.

He that has it, and will not keep it; He that wants it, and will not seek it; He that drinks, and is not dry, Shall want money, as well as I.

Children pick up words, as pidgeons pease, And utter them again, as God shall please.

Say well and do well, end with one letter, Say-well is good, but do well is better.

FINIS.