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A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up a horseshoe on the road,
And nailed if fast read more
A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up a horseshoe on the road,
And nailed if fast to his barn door,
That luck might down upon him pour;
That every blessing known in life
Might crown his homestead and his wife,
And never any kind of harm
Descend upon his growing farm.
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
[Lat., Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.]
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
[Lat., Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.]
When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.
When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.
Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a read more
Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long.
Oh a cockroach is better luck than a cricket upon the hearth
for he magnetizes to your home those read more
Oh a cockroach is better luck than a cricket upon the hearth
for he magnetizes to your home those who love every heart.
(typo corrected).
As they who make
Good luck a god count all unlucky men.
As they who make
Good luck a god count all unlucky men.
I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.
I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.
You can take it as understood That your luck changes only if it's good.
You can take it as understood That your luck changes only if it's good.
As ill-luck would have it.
As ill-luck would have it.
