 | Children's poetry - 1875 - 140 pages
...you a rule : Don't ever be vulgar or rude or unkind In playing at April Fool. THE TEADESPEOPLE. HE swallow is a mason; And underneath the eaves He builds...nest, and plasters it With mud and hay and leaves. TEE TRADESPEOPLE. The woodpecker is hard at work : A carpenter is he ; And you may find him hammering... | |
 | Education - 1913 - 456 pages
...Ph.B. Supt. of Schools, River Forest, 111. Illustrated. A. Flanagan Company, Chicago. THE TRADESPEOPLE The swallow is a mason; And underneath the eaves He...nest, and plasters it With mud, and hay, and leaves. The woodpecker is hard at work; A carpenter is he; And you may find him hammering His house high up... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, William Bramwell Powell - Readers (Primary) - 1891 - 168 pages
...play. pulled steeper forgotten object hurrah himself pleasant reached BIRD TRADES. 87 44. BIRD TRADES. The swallow is a mason, And underneath the eaves He builds a nest, and plasters it With sand and hay and leaves. Of all the weavers that I know, The oriole is the best; High on the branches... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, William Bramwell Powell - Readers - 1892 - 168 pages
...hard tugup the hill. Work for an object, boys. All such work is as pleasant as play. 44. BIRD TRADES. The swallow is a mason, And underneath the eaves He builds a nest, and plasters it With sand and hay and leaves. Of all the weavers that I know, The oriole is the best ; High on the branches... | |
 | Emma J. Todd - 1893 - 168 pages
...hard tug up the hill. Work for an object, boys. All such work is as pleasant as play. 44. BIRD TRADES. The swallow is a mason, And underneath the eaves He builds a nest, and plasters it With sand and hay and leaves. Of all the weavers that I know, The oriole is the best; High on the branches... | |
 | Emilie Poulsson - Children's stories - 1893 - 484 pages
...or plaster, or bore holes, or dig, just as she finds the best and safest way for making her nest. " Of all the weavers that I know the oriole is the best." Her nest is like a deep pocket and so closely woven that the rain cannot get through the sides at all.... | |
 | Emma J. Todd - Readers (Elementary) - 1895 - 168 pages
...hard tug up the hill. Work for an object, boys. All such work is as pleasant as play. 44. BIRD TRADES. The swallow is a mason, And underneath the eaves He builds a nest, and plasters it With sand and hay and leaves. Of all the weavers that I know, The oriole is the best; High on the branches... | |
 | Education - 1910 - 916 pages
...in the grass. The song of the Trades People describes many of these homes and furnishes a good song. The swallow is a mason, And underneath the eaves He...nest and plasters it With mud, and hay, and leaves. The woodpecker is hard at work; A carpenter is he; And you may find him hammering His home high up... | |
 | Marian M. George - Education - 1898 - 470 pages
...—Set. Pupil asks: "What is the name of this bird?" (Oriole.) Second pupil recites. "This small bird is a mason, .' And underneath the eaves He builds...nest and plasters it With mud and hay and leaves." What is its name? (Swallow.) Third pupil. "A bird I know is hard at work, A carpenter is he, And you... | |
 | Etta Austin Blaisdell McDonald, Mary Frances Blaisdell - Spellers - 1901 - 108 pages
...chimney. XXXIV deer bea ver pan ther el e phant moose leop ard gi raffe hy e na -* 56 *XXXV COPY AND STUDY The swallow is a mason, And underneath the eaves He...best; High on the branches of the tree She hangs her cozy nest. Some little birds are miners: Some build upon the ground: And busy little tailors, too,... | |
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The swallow is a mason. And underneath the eaves He builds a nest and plasters it With mud, and hay, and leaves. Of all the weavers that I know, The oriole is the best; High on the branches of the tree She hangs her cozy nest. 
