 But the rat would not. She went a little farther, and she met a cat. So she said: "Cat, cat, kill rat! Rat won't gnaw rope; Rope won't hang butcher; Butcher won't kill ox; Ox won't drink water; Water won't quench fire; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't...  The Horace Mann Readers - Page 108by Walter Lowrie Hervey, Melvin Hix - 1911Full view - About this book
 | Lydia Maria Child - Amusements - 1847 - 338 pages
...won't go — and I see," &c. She went a little farther, and she found some water; " Pray water, quench fire — fire won't burn stick — stick won't beat dog — dog won't bite kid — kid won't go — and I see," &c. She went a little farther, and she met an ox : " Pray, ox,... | |
 | Charles Raikes - British - 1852 - 286 pages
...popular nursery myth, in which the prominent characters are an old woman and a pig. " Water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over gate, and I shan't get home to my supper to-night." Thank Heaven, we have got rid of most... | |
 | Charles Raikes - British - 1852 - 288 pages
...popular nursery myth, in which the prominent characters are an old woman and a pig. " Water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over gate, and I shan't get home to my supper to-night." Thank Heaven, we have got rid of most... | |
 | Merry heart, Melville Gray - Nursery rhymes, English - 1871 - 244 pages
...met a butcher. So she said, " Butcher! butcher ! kill ox. Ox won't drink water, water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the butcher would not. She went a little further,... | |
 | Nursery rhymes, English - 1883 - 75 pages
...would not. She went a little further, and she came to some water. So she said, " Water ! water ! quench fire Fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night.'.' But the water would not. She went a little further,... | |
 | Children's literature - 1884 - 672 pages
...So she shouted to the butcher : — " Pray butcher kill ox, ox won't drink water, Water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, Stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite kid, Kid won't go ! I see by the moonlight 'Tis getting past midnight, And time kic4 and I were home... | |
 | Joseph Jacobs - Children's stories - 1890 - 296 pages
...: " Rope ! rope ! hang butcher ; butcher won't kill ox ; ox won't drink water ; water won't quench fire ; fire won't burn stick ; stick won't beat dog ; dog won't bite pig ; Piggy won't get over the stile ; and I shan't get home to-night." But the rope wouldn't. She went... | |
 | Clifton Johnson - Folklore - 1896 - 280 pages
...door of his shop. And she said, " Butcher, butcher, kill ox, ox won't drink water, water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, piggy won't jump over the stile ; I see by the moonlight 'tis half-past midnight, time pig and I were... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Animals - 1897 - 320 pages
...rope ! Rope won't hang butcher ; Butcher won't kill ox ; Ox won't drink water ; Water won't quench fire ; Fire won't burn stick ; Stick won't beat dog ; Dog won't bite pig ; Pig won't get over the stile, And I shan't get home to-night." But the rat would not. She went a little farther,... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Animals - 1897 - 296 pages
...But the stick would not. She went a little farther, and she met a fire. So she said — " Fire, fire, burn stick ! Stick won't beat dog ; Dog won't bite pig ; Pig won't get over the stile, And I shan't get home to-night." But the fire would not. She went a little farther,... | |
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