in it, and led the hound to the pool below the
waterfall. "Take this shell," he said; "and when thou shalt have dipped
out the pool with it, thou mayst rest--not before." And at mid-day, or
at midnight, the hound may still be seen at its work.

R.J.K.

POPULAR RHYMES.

The following popular rhymes may perhaps amuse some of your readers.
They are not to be found in the article "Days Lucky or Unlucky," in
Brand's _Popular Antiquities_, or in Sir Henry Ellis's notes (see his
edition, vol. ii. p. 27.), and perhaps have never been printed:--

_Days of the Week.--Marriage._

"Monday for wealth,
Tuesday for health,
Wednesday the best day of all;
Thursday for crosses,
Friday for losses,
Saturday no luck at all."

_Moon._

"Saturday new,
And Sunday full,
Never was fine,
And never wool."

_Days of the Week.--Birth._

"Born of a Monday,
Fair in face;
Born of a Tuesday,
Full of God's grace;
Born of a Wednesday,
Merry and glad;
Born of a Thursday,
Sour and sad;
Born of a Friday,
Godly given;
Born of a Saturday,
Work for your living;
Born of a Sunday,
Never shall we want;
So there ends the week,
And there's an end on't."

_How to treat a Horse._

"Up the hill, urge him not;
Down the bill, drive him not;
Cross the flat, spare him not;
To the hostler, trust him not."

_How to sow Beans._

"One for the mouse,
One for the crow,
One to rot,
One to grow."

_January Weather._

"When the days lengthen,
The colds strengthen."

Two German proverbial distiches, similar to the last, are given in
Koerte's _Sprichwoerter_, p. 548.:

"Wenn de Dage fangt an to laengen,
Fangt de Winter an to strengen."

"Wenn die Tage langen,
Kommt der Winter gegangen."

With the first set of rhymes, we may compare the following verses on
washing on the successive days of the week, in Halliwell's _Nursery
Rhymes of England_, p. 42. ed. 3.:

"They that wash on Monday
Have all the week to dry;
They that wash on Tuesday,
Are not so much awry;
They that wash on Wednesday,
Are not so much to blame;
They that wash on Thursday,
Wash for shame;
They that wash on Friday,
Wash in need;
And they that wash on Saturday,
Oh! the