The Girls' Home Book: Or, How to Play and how to Work |
Common terms and phrases
ACROSTIC ANNA answer ANTHONY asked ball begin Berlin wool bird bodice braid broderie Anglaise calico called catch centre chain CHARLEY chemisette cloth colour cotton crochet croquet dance dolls dress edge EDITH Fanny fasten fat hen finger flowers four front garden give goes round Grand Mufti guess handkerchief hands hold HONORA hoop inches JESSY knit lace lady lambs leader leaves lemon little girls MABEL MARY muslin narrow needle orange Oranges and lemons paper pattern pay a forfeit petticoat piece pink plain plant play pots pretty Prince of Wales purl Queen repeat ribbon rose round the circle says scarlet seated SECOND PLAYER seed shepherdess side signal-man silk sing skirt sleeves snowdrop stand stitches strip thread tiny trimmed Turkey merchant violet wool word
Popular passages
Page 78 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Page 4 - Here we go round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, The mulberry bush. Here we go round the mulberry bush, So early in the morning. This is the way we wash our clothes, Wash our clothes, Wash our clothes. This is the way we wash our clothes, So early Monday morning.
Page 11 - You owe me five farthings, Say the bells of St. Martin's ; When will you pay me? Say the bells of Old Bailey; When I grow rich, Say the bells of Shoreditch ; When will that be ? Say the bells of Stepney ; I do not know, Says the great bell of Bow.
Page 46 - Here comes a candle to light you to bed, And here comes a chopper to chop off your head.
Page 162 - VERBS tell of something being done; To read, count, sing, laugh, jump, or run. How things are done the ADVERBS tell; As slowly, quickly, ill, or well. CONJUNCTIONS join the words together; As men and women, wind or weather; The PREPOSITION stands before A noun, as in or through a door. The INTERJECTION shows surprise; As oh! how pretty \ ah! how wise\ The whole are called nine parts of speech, Which reading, writing, speaking teach.
Page 89 - ROBERT ROWLEY rolled a round roll round, A round roll Robert Rowley rolled round ; Where rolled the round roll Robert Rowley rolled round ? CLXXVII.
Page 85 - PETER PIPER picked a peck of pickled peppers; A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked; If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Page 5 - This is the way we wash our clothes, Wash our clothes, Wash our clothes. This is the way we wash our clothes, So early Monday morning. This is the way we iron our clothes Iron our clothes, Iron our clothes. This is the way we iron our clothes, So early Tuesday morning. This is the way we scrub the floor.
Page 11 - Say the bells of St. Martin's. " When will you pay me? " Say the bells of Old Bailey. "When I grow rich," Say the bells of Shoreditch. "When will that be?
Page 162 - A Noun's the name of any thing, As school, or garden, hoop, or swing.