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Chapter M: Madness 676

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Mahomet 1116

Maid--children 52

Maid--honest 707

Maids--dun 1027

Maladies--much 1059

Man--head 763

Manners--good 506

Manners--meat 1060

March--April 37

March--bridge 565

March--frosts 650

March--mists 1089

March--windy 1052

March grass 718

Mare to go 1102

Market--fool 1258

Market--rate 1030

Married--needy 1140

Married, newly 1766

Marries--son 388

Marry--bad 1040

Marry--match 1044

Master--fire 580

Master--marry 1044

Master--purse 1314

Master--trades 1651

Master-blow 1354

Master-craft 346

Master-craft 1046

Masters, good 1419

Master's--wine 1794

Maxim--good 705

May and April 35

May--beautiful 1052

May--bees 91

May--cold 1053

May--corn 316

May--frosts 650

May--frosts--mists 1089

May--hot 810

May--marry 1040

May--merry 1073

May--shear 1423

May--sows 1481

May--sun 1027

May--weather 866

May--welcome 1746

May--wind 1785

May flood 597

May flowers 38

Meal--little 158

Meal--mill 1077

Measure--strife 1546

Meat--ale 22

Meat--best 343

Meat--cooks 685

Meat--merry 1070

Meat--mouths 1118

Meat--quick 1324

Meat--sweet 1389

Meddling 476

Meet--old friends 1180

Memories 352

Memory--liar 945

Memory--wolves 1821

Men, old 422

Men--reins 1349

Mend--worst 1856

Mice--cat's away 209

Mice--catch 213

Mile--miss 1088

Mill--grind 732

Mills--clouds 273

Mind--picture 1081

Mind--sight 1436

Mind--speech 1493

Mind--think 1598

Mind--wit 1811

Minds, little--soured 977

Minds--little things 978

Minds--light 1459

Minister--hide 781

Minute too late 1641

Misfortune--watch 1725

Mist--Scotch 1406

Mole 39

Mole-hill 1115

Monday--Christmas 255

Money buys land 1834

Money--land 1286

Money--ready 1336

Money--spots 1511

Money--trade 1650

Monk--devil 419

More--much 1121

Moon 106

Morning, bit in the 128

Morning--cloudy 457

Morning, cloudy--moon 1104

Morning--fodder 1196

Morning--grey 501

Morning--law 925

Morning--study 1550

Mornings--cloudy 275

Mortals--success 1556

Moss--stone 1367

Mote--self-love 1416

Mother--daughter 389

Mother--little 969

Mother--necessity 1136

Mother--poverty 1454

Mother of money 1650

Mother's blessing 240

Mouse--cable 1620

Mouse--cat sees 212

Mouse--cat winketh 215

Mouse--drowned 455

Mouse--one hole 1190

Mouse--plough 1263

Mouth--close 269

Mouth--fishes' 589

Mouth--melt 179

Mouth--spoon 1441

Mow--early 464

Muck--riches 1359

Mud--beans 78

Mud--clear 261

Mushroom 560

N

Nag 297

Nail--door 391

Nail--second 452

Nail--want of 1713

Name, good--life 1132

Name, good--riches 1130

Neighbour--evil 931

Nest--defile 842

Nettle--dock 436

Newcastle 205

News--country 326

Night--good 55

Night--law 925

Night--stumble 1551

Nine days' wonder 1826

Ninepence 1149

Nine points 1271

Nineteen--twenty 1681

No--woman's 1868

Nod--wink 1799

Noland--title 1628

Note--music 1127

Nothing--cheese 234

Nothing--children 246

Nothing--promise 1296

North--wind 1781

Nose--off 1503

Nothing--venture 1699

Nut--crack 344

Nut--sound 1478

Nuts--sluts 34

O

Oak 454

Oaks--great 1549

Oats 867

Oats--St. David's 1382

Oats--wild 1767

Obey 149

Office--Jack 864

Oil, in fire 1323

Old--learn 937

Old--long 1870

Old--needy 835

Old--spare 1485

Old age 654

Old block 251

Old men--woo 1827

Old praise 1285

Old saws 1040

Old sore 1185

Old tree 1351

Old wife 1137

Old wine 1181

Old young 1870

Order 1347

Ornament--silence 1439

Ounce--mischief 1086

"Our Father" 258

Overcome 487

Owl--lantern 918

Ox--drink 450

Ox--steal 1521

Oxen--plough 1264

P

Pack--own 1224

Pack--small 1223

Padlock--wedlock 1743

Pain--pride 1292

Pains--gains 661

Pains--idle 834

Pains--lazy folk 933

Paint--faces 533

Painting--face 1061

Pair--couple 327

Paradise 488

Pardons--offender 1169

Parleys--valour 1698

Parsnips--fair words 1841

Parsnips--soft words 1465

Passions--absence 1

Pasture--change of 229

Pater-noster--churches 258

Path--puddle 1307

Patrimony--diligence 423

Paul--Peter 1238

Pause--bargain 69

Pay--sorrow 1471

Pay--too dear 1756

Pay--Yorkshire 1869

Peace--war 1717

Peace--wisdom 1802

Peas--like 961

Peasant--wretch 1863

Peck--of ashes 41

Pence--care of 202

Penny--companion 298

Penny--for friend 830

Penny--shilling 1500

Perform--quick 1297

Peter--Paul 1238

Philosopher's stone 310

Physic--ague 18

Physic--plague 907

Physic--temperance 1587

Physician--defy 567

Physician--fool 606

Physician--hide 781

Physician--thanks 768

Picture--speech 1493

Pie-crusts 1299

Pig--child's 241

Pig's tail--horn 1242

Pilot--calm sea 187

Pin--steal 1522

Pinch--friend 1337

Pinches--shoe 1427

Pitchers--ears 466

Pitied--envied 493

Place--sit in 1253

Places--two 1685

Plaister--patience 1215

Plant--removed 1352

Play--cards 199

Pleasure--tax 431

Pleasure--woo 1827

Plentiful--pity 1251

Plenty--peace 1802

Poison--weed 127

Poke--pig 183

Policy--honesty 793

Poor--beg 1358

Poor--giving to 675

Poor--honour 795

Poor man's table 1576

Pope--would be 1270

Pot--ladle 911

Pot--watched 1727

Pottage--other's 1400

Pottage--poor 1269

Pottage--prettiness 1288

Pottage--sluts 1457

Pottle--hay 1139

Pound foolish 1232

Pound--in for 1230

Pound--mischief 1086

Pounds--care of 202

Pounds--pence 1226

Pours--rains 1334

Poverty--debt 400

Poverty--sloth 1454

Powder--trust 1666

Power--knowledge 904

Praise--self 1417

Precept--example 514

Prickles--thistles 1601

Pride--ingratitude 857

Prince--sword 1575

Prince--wretch 1863

Privilege--folly 1736

Prize--wife 1765

Profit--pains 1206

Promises--pity 1251

Prosperity--friends 645

Prosperity--gold 690

Proud--black and 531

Proud--cock 285

Provender--carry 807

Provident--harvests 704

Puddings--dirty 384

Pudding--end 486

Pudding--proof 1300

Pulse--world's 1854

Purse--ask thy 43

Purse--courtesy 331

Purse--empty 484

Purse--fills 1170

Purse--heavy 960

Purse--little 968

Purse--no money 1103

Purse--penny 1228

Q

Quarrels--tools 1642

Quart--neighbour 1142

Quick--markets 1718

Quick--perform 1297

Quiet--Doctor 1240

R

R--oysters 1202

Rain--Candlemas 192

Rain--corpse 745

Raven--starling 129

Reason--bluster 139

Reason--will 1773

Reasoning--man's 860

Rebellion--oppression 1194

Reckoning--feast 561

Reckonings--short 1432

Repent--marry 1038

Repent--trust 1665

Repentance--late 309

Rest--rain 1331

Revenge--best 621

Reversion--kingdom 318

Reward--desert 407

Ribs--birchen twigs 119

Rich--adversity 5

Rich--die 1266

Rich--fifty 741

Rich--lucky 1015

Rich--shame 795

Riches--children 245

Riches--name 1130

Rider--lost 1713

Rider--time 1625

Right--two wrongs 1864

Rise--early to 463

Rise at five 1612

Road--companion 297

Roast--small 140

Roast beef 460

Roasting--eggs 1339

Robbery--exchange 515

Robs Peter 1238

Rock--ruled by 1370

Rogues--laws 930

Rolling stone 1367

Roost--curses 371

Roots--crooked 1543

Rope enough 1591

Ropes--sand 1387

Rose--thorn 1603

Roses--thorns 1605

Ruins--youth 1099

Ruins of folly 1804

Rules--woman 1348

Runs--stumbles 1551

Rushes--good words 713

S

Saddle--colt 292

Sail--Friday 640

Sail--sea 1407

Salt--advice 8

Salt of life 173

Sands--words 1834

Satins--kitchen 897

Saturday--no luck 1094

Saturday--wife 1759

Sauce--hunger 824

Save--spend 1494

Save--youth 1874

Saved--penny 1231

Saving--alchemy 21

Sawyers--top 1646

Sayings--thrifty 1611

Scarce--good men 1188

Scholar--mere 1403

Scholar--fool 1042

Scripture--quote 1327

Sea--calm 187

Sea--fish 588

Sea--lade 1164

Sea--luck 1012

Sea--pray 1287

Second nature 1692

Second thoughts 1607

Seed, good 512

Seen--seldom 1414

Send--go 443

Send--sigh 1435

Sermon--salmon 1385

Servants, good 1419

Seven--rise at 1612

Seven years 228

Shadow--crooked 355

Shadow--light 958

Shadow--sunshine 1561

Shame--devil 1672

Shame--pride 1294

Shave--hand-saw 739

Shaven--bald head 61

Sheep--buy 369

Sheep--hung 819

Sheep--scabbed 1399

Sheep--shear 1423

Sheep--shorn 1430

Shells--eggs 23

Shilling--slow 1149

Shilling--spends 1500

Ship--crazy 348

Ship--great 726

Ship--leak 936

Ship--own 197

Ship--sail 1384

Ship--stocks 877

Ship--tar 1507

Ships--November 1161

Shipwreck--complain 300

Shirt, ragged 1256

Shoe, finest 1426

Shoe fits 592

Shoe pinches 1248

Shoe, want of 1713

Shot--bolt 612

Shovel--silver 935

Shower--drops 453

Sick--devil 419

Sickness--devotion 225

Silent--man 1528

Silent--speak 1487

Silver--butter 178

Silver lining--cloud 271

Silver--white 1440

Sing--birds 1291

Sing--can 124

Sing--say 1395

Sings--Friday 638

Sin, none without 1312

Sin--sorrow 1473

Sink--leak 936

Sit--awhile 425

Sit--lowly 1011

Sit still 1445

Skin deep--beauty 88

Slander--confession 303

Slave--secret 1411

Sleep on it 1243

Sloe-tree--barley 72

Sloth--harms 910

Sloven 1457

Slow--promise 1297

Sluts, eat after 34

Smack--pepper 1233

Smell--kitchen 896

Snow--bread 544

Snow--lies 193

Snow--water 141

Soberness--conceals 459

Soft answer 1861

Soft upon soft 1537

Solomon--wife 1765

Son--like 963

Son--marries 388

Sore eye--elbow 480

Sore--store 1541

Sores--patience 1215

Sorrow--joy 875

Sorrow--lies 870

Sorrow--mirth 1084

Sorrow--time 1624

Sorrows--less 427

Soul--cleansed 317

Souls--large 972

Sour--sauce 871

Sour--sweet 1571

Sow--wrong 1865

Sow's ear--purse 1315

Spain--wine 450

Spaniel--beaten 85

Speak little 1597

Speak once--think 1596

Speak--purse 658

Speak--spare 1486

Speak--think 1595

Speak--well 1489

Speakers--dead 1241

Speed--worse 753

Spend--old 1485

Spend--spare 1486

Spending--bung-hole 1393

Spiders' webs--laws 929

Spigot--saving 1393

Spirits--raise 1335

Spite--nose 1503

Spoon--silver 1441

Spring--swallow 1567

Spur--free horse 1513

Spur--horse 806

Stable door 988

Stable door 1524

Staff--dog 83

Staggerer--lame 914

Starling--raven 129

Steed starves 720

Steed--stolen 988

Steel--tongue 1637

Steeple--bell 108

Sting you--snake 1462

Stink--bear 250

Stinking fish 1531

Stocking 167

Stolen--steed 1524

Stone--dropping 308

Stone--blood 136

Stone--rugged 1373

Stool--guest 733

Stool, own--guest 1476

Stoop for pin 1245

Storms--vows 1708

Story--re-telling 1355

Straw--drowning 449

Straw--last 919

Strength, woman's 1822

Strong--thirty 741

Strife--poverty 1275

Substance 1420

Sudden falls 265

Summer--chimneys 1466

Summer--good 1800

Summer--swallow 1566

Sun--bride 745

Sun--clouds 272

Sun--hay 762

Sun--light 959

Sun--morning 1109

Sun riseth 325

Sunday--Friday 639

Sunday--weep 638

Sunday--wife 1759

Sundays--two 1686

Sun shines--moon 1106

Sunshine--stars 1519

Supper, after 425

Supper--hope 801

Supperless--bed 1562

Sure card 307

Surely--softly 1464

Sweet--taste 1583

Sweetest water 1753

Swim--depth 406

Swine--pearls 1221

Swine--turned 1679

Swing--youth 1876

Swords--words 1835

T

Tail--salt 1386

Tale--tell 394

Talk--good 696

Talk--nurse 1163

Talks--tongue 1638

Tame Shrew 1434

Tame--wedding 1742

Tar--ship 1507

Tarry--tide 1622

Taste--kitchen 896

Tax--disease 431

Taxes--death 221

Teaching--child 161

Teeth--aching 4

Teeth--tongue 1635

Teeth--wolves 1821

Temper--tongue 1633

Tempers--God 1430

Tenant--bad 482

Tenants--ill 4

Texts--proverbs 1304

Thief of time 1295

Thief--opportunity 1192

Thief--receiver 1340

Thief--receivers 1341

Thief--thunder 1614

Think--live 1598

Thinks--says 1397

Thirty years 606

Thistles--brain 157

Thistles--harvest 752

Thorn--cuckoo 369

Thorns--barefoot 65

Thorns--dancing 382

Thread--draw 448

Thread--breaketh 1735

Three women 1033

Thrift--ruin 1501

Thrive--up at five 593

Thrive--plant 1352

Thrive--wive 1818

Thrown--wrestle 1862

Throws--horse 1361

Thrushes--beggars 1808

Thunder-bolt--pryeth 1306

Thursday--crosses 1094

Tide--tarry 1622

Timber--split 716

Time for study 1550

Time--season 1409

Time--sorrow 1474

Time--stitch 1532

Times--fault 553

Toil--pleasure 1261

Toilers--thinkers 1600

Toll--market 1031

Toll--talking 1582

Tom--play 1256

Tongue--shorter 468

Tongue--knot 901

Tongue--nurse's 1163

Tongue--slip 1452

Tongue speaketh 770

Tongue--strength 1822

Too late--advice 11

Too late--never 1064

Tools--edged 476

Tools--workmen 1849

Toothache--music 1125

Touchstone--love 1002

Trade--two of a 16

Trash--beggary 99

Tread on worm 1855

Treasurer--God 1497

Tree--crooked 355

Tree--falls 539

Tree--fruit 652

Trees--straight 1543

Trials--present 1346

Tricks--old dog 1176

Tries--time 1626

Trifles--troubles 1661

Trouble--bagpipe 57

Trouble--company in 295

Trouble--hunting 1714

Troubles--company 296

Troubles--dowry 723

Trough--own 1480

Trumpery--beggary 99

Trumpet--own 1283

Truss up wit 1813

Trust--speak fair 1491

Trust--try 1676

Trust not--water 1528

Truth--drunken folk 458

Truth--evasions 347

Truth--fools 242

Truth--libel 947

Truth--old saws 1184

Try--trust 1665

Tuesday--health 1094

Turncoat--wine 1797

Twig--bend 109

Twig--tree 110

Tyrant--cruelty 364

U

Unbidden guest 1476

Unkindness--cut 377

Unmissed--unknown 1689

Use--keep 882

Use--nature 1692

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