384. NURSERY RHYMES.

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DCLXXIV..
[A marching air.]

DaRBy and Joan were dressed in black,
Sword and buckle behind their back ;
Foot for foot, and knee for knee,

Turn about Darby’s company.

DCLXXV.

BARBER, barber, shave a pig,

How many hairs will make a wig?
“Four-and-twenty, that’s enough.”
Give the barber a pinch of snuff.

DCLXXVI.
FINGER-NAILS.

[There is a superstition, says Forby, ii., 411, respecting cutting the nails, and some
days are considered more lucky for this operation than others. To cut them on a
Tuesday is thought particularly auspicious. Indeed, if we are to believe an old
rhyming saw on this subject, every day of the week is endowed with its several and
peculiar virtue, if the nails are invariably cut on that day and no other. The lines
are as follow :]

Cut them on Monday, you cut them for health ;

Cut them on Tuesday, you cut them for wealth ;

Cut them on Wednesday, you cut them for news;
Cut them on Thursday, a new pair of shoes ;

Cut them on Friday, you cut them for sorrow ;

Cut them on Saturday, see your true love to-morrow ;

Cut them on Sunday, ill luck will be with you all the week.