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If you sneeze on Monday, you sneeze for danger
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
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.
Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Proverbs.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “If you sneeze on Monday, you sneeze for danger.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/89/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “If you sneeze on Monday, you sneeze for danger.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/89/.
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