74 NURSERY RHYMES.

CXXIV.
[The proverb of dit for tat may perhaps be said to be going out of fashion, but it is

still a universal favourite with children. When any one is ill-natured, and the sufferer
wishes to hint his intention of retaliating at the first convenient opportunity, he cries

out—]
Tir for tat,

If you kill my dog,
I'll kill your cat.

CXXV.

MARcH will search, April will try,
May will tell ye if ye’ll live or die.

CXXVI.
Sow in the sop,
*T will be heavy a-top.

[That is, land in a soppy or wet state is in a favourable condition for receiving seed ;
a statement, however, somewhat questionable. ]

CXXVII.
A caT may look at a King,
And surely I may look at an ugly thing.

{Said in derision by one child to another, who complains of being stared at. ]

CXXVIII.
HE that hath it and will not keep it,
He that wanteth it and will not seek it
He that drinketh and is not dry,
Shall want money as well as I.

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[From Howell’s English Proverbs, 1659, p. 21.