...killed the butcher, That killed the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the' fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid. Which my father bought For two pieces of money. The Talmud gives the following explanation of the above...

...my father bought for two zuzim. An only kid, an only kid. And the fire came, and burned the stick, that beat the dog, that bit the cat, that ate the kid, which my father bought for two zuzim. An only kid, an only kid. And the water came, and extinguished...

...1731. It is not, probably, unfamiliar to some of our readers, and it commences thus : — A kid, a kit! my father bought For two pieces of money : A kid, a kid. It goes on accumulating in each verse much as does the " House that Jack built," the chief actors in...