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Here again are a few proverbs having reference to the habits and upbringing of children:

Give a boy food and clothing, and keep him from idleness, and he will grow up to be useful.

An unpromising youth may become a good man.

Hence a child refusing to eat because he has “ta'en the dorts,” or is sulky and peevish, is not likely to grow fat, and is best cured by being subjected to a spell of