Reading Notes: Nursery Rhymes, Part A

Image Information: cover for The Nursery Rhyme Book by Andrew Lang. Web Source.

NEEDLES and pins, needles and pins. 

When a man marries, his trouble begins:

I could tell a story about a man who encounters trouble after marrying.

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.

I could tell a story of all of these things happening throughout the week to a man.

EARLY to bed, and early to rise,
Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Tell a story of a man who lives out this Proverb in his life.

ONE misty moisty morning,
When cloudy was the weather,
There I met an old man
Clothed all in leather;
Clothed all in leather,
With cap under his chin,—
How do you do, and how do you do,
And how do you do again!

A story of a forgetful old man who cannot remember anything. Maybe include why he has such bad memory.

THREE blind mice, see how they run!
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with the carving-knife;
Did you ever see such fools in your life?
Three blind mice.

Tell a story of why they all ran after the farmer's wife and why she cut off their tails. Or maybe how they lost their sight.

Bibliography: Nursery Rhymes by Andrew Lang, link to the reading online.