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COUNTRY SAYING by JOHN CLARKE (17TH CENTURY)

First Line: HE THAT WOULD THRIVE / MUST RISE AT FIVE
Last Line: MAY LIE TILL ELEVEN.
Subject(s): MNEMONICS;
HE that would thrive
Must rise at five;
He that hath thriven
May lie till seven;
He that will never thrive
May lie till eleven.



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