 | Scotland - 1857 - 878 pages
...encouraging as when, in the tale, after a series of contradictions and crosses, the fire began to burn the stick, the stick began to beat the dog. the dog began to do hit devoir, and in short, a Routine of the most satisfactory nature was established. It is needless... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 468 pages
...ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the...stile ; and so the old woman got home that night." " THERE was an old woman, that lived in a house : and, sweeping under her bed, she found a silver penny.... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 476 pages
...ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the...stile ; and so the old woman got home that night." " THERE was an old woman, that lived in a house : and, sweeping under her bed, she found a silver penny.... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Ballads, English - 1841 - 434 pages
...ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the...stile ; and so the old woman got home that night." " THERE was au old woman, that lived in a house : and, sweeping under her bed, she found a silver penny.... | |
 | Samuel Lover - English fiction - 1842 - 412 pages
...amusingly exemplified in the nursery jingle : The water began to quench the fire, The fire hegan to burn the stick, The stick began to beat the dog, The dog began to bite the kid. In the midst of all these distinct and clashing tastes, that of Mrs. O'Grady (the wife) must not... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Counting-out rhymes - 1843 - 332 pages
...ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the...stile ; and so the old woman got home that night." " THERE was an old woman, that lived in a house : and, sweeping under her bed, she found a silver penny.... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1846 - 266 pages
...ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the -water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the...stead of the rest of this paragraph : — " and fetch mea wisp of hay, I '11 give you the milk?— So away the old woman went, but the haymakers said to... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - Amusements - 1847 - 338 pages
...the ox ; the ox began to drink the water; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick; the stick began to beat the dog; the dog began to bite the kid; the kid began to go; and the old woman got home again. of i$lemorj> fit MA VILLE DE ROME. 1. JE... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1905 - 640 pages
...ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the...the pig ; the little pig in a fright jumped over the »tile ; and so the old woman got home that night." ROBERT PIERPOINT. SCOTCH WORDS AND ENGLISH COMMENTATORS... | |
 | England - 1857 - 820 pages
...encouraging as when, in the tale, after a series of contradictions and crosses, the fire began to burn the stick, the stick began to beat the dog, the dog began to do his devoir, and in short, a Routine of the most satisfactory nature was established. It is needless... | |
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As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill the rat ; the rat began to gnaw the rope ; the rope began to hang the butcher ; the butcher began to kill the ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ;... 
