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Every ill-luck is good for something in a wise man's hand. Every medal has its dark side. Every tide has its ebb. No great loss without some small gain; It is an ill wind that blows no one good. Nothing is so bad in which there is not something good. In most of these proverbs, the hopeful perspective points 'in the direction of good luck'.
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you will have good luck; See a pin and let it lay, bad luck you will have all day; See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; Seeing is believing; Seek and ye shall find; Set a thief to catch a thief; Shiny are the distant hills; Shrouds have no pockets (Speech is silver but) Silence is golden
In 1832, with his almanac having survived longer than similarly named competitors, Thomas inserted the word "Old" in the title, [3] later dropping it in the title of the 1836 edition. After Thomas's death, John Henry Jenks was appointed editor and, in 1848, the book's name was permanently and officially revised to The Old Farmer's Almanac .
Marginal farmers produce too little to be helped by the strategy; specialized relief programs were developed for them. Prosperity largely returned to the farm by 1936. [66] Roosevelt's "First Hundred Days" produced the Farm Security Act to raise farm incomes by raising the prices farmers received, which was achieved by reducing total farm output.
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The populist view often emphasizes the role of luck and happenstance in economic life—some people have natural talents, some are born to better-off parents, some people just have bad luck, some ...
A superstitious blacksmith and apprentice believe that the luck from the horseshoe will flow toward him or her, their tools, and eventually to whatever project they are working on. [15] Opening an umbrella while indoors [16]: 204, 267 On the Isle of Man, rats are referred to as "longtails" as saying "rat" is considered bad luck. [17] [18]
The poll comes just weeks after 13,000 farmers descended on Westminster in a mass rally against Ms Reeves’ Budget, which targeted family farmers with an inheritance tax raid.