General Chat

It's understood that Sir Walter Raleigh introduced Tobacco and Potatoes into England from the New World in Elizabethan times, although smoking was thought to have been popular in Spain prior to this. James 1st was obviously a non-smoker, so perhaps this is a hidden reason (along with the declared ones) for his dislike of, and eventual execution of Sir Walter!!!

The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
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There was an Old Lady, who swallowed a fly.
But, I don't know why, she swallowed the fly.
Perhaps, she'll die!

I know an Old Lady who swallowed a spider."
It wiggled and tickled and jiggled "inside her."
She swallowed the spider to catch "the fly.
But I don't know why she swallowed the fly.
Perhaps, she'll die!

I know an Old Lady who swallowed a bird.
How absurd - to swallow a bird!
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
It wiggled and tickled and jiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I still don't know why she swallowed the fly.
Perhaps, she'll die!

I know an Old Lady who swallowed a cat."
Imagine that! She swallowed a cat!
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
It wiggled and tickled and jiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I still don't know why she swallowed the fly.
Perhaps, she'll die!

I know an Old Lady who swallowed a dog.
What a hog! She swallowed a dog!
She swallowed a dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
Swallowed the bird to catch the spider
It wiggled and tickled and jiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I still don't know why she swallowed the fly.
Perhaps, she'll die!

I know an Old Lady who swallowed a goat.
It stuck in her throat, that silly old goat.
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
Swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
Swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
Swallowed the bird to catch the spider
It wiggled and tickled and jiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I still don't know why she swallowed the fly.
Perhaps, she'll die!

I know an Old Lady who swallowed a cow.
I don't know how she swallowed a cow.
But, she swallowed the cow to catch the goat,
Swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
Swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
Swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
Swallowed the bird to catch the spider
It wiggled and tickled and jiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I still don't know why she swallowed the fly.
Perhaps, she'll die!

I know an Old Lady who swallowed a horse.
She's DEAD, of course!

Dermot

I haven't read or recited this one for a very long time, thank you

Bridget

Talking of Sir Walter R, here's a snippet written by him called 'The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd.'

If all the world and love were young,
And truth in every shepherd's tongue,
These pretty pleasures might me move
To live with thee, and be my love.


Was it Sir Walter? who gallantly described an ageing Queen Elizabeth as:

'A lady whom time hath surprised!'

I think this could describe me !!!!

Mans inhumanity to man has caused the deaths of countless millions

Just to get in the nearly Christmas mood

Ogden Nash said Merry Christmas, nearly everybody !

Groucho Marx said i played Santa Claus many times and if you don;t believe me , check out the divorce settlements awarded to my wives.

Victor Borge said Santa Claus had the right idea, visit people once a year !

When asked on his deathbed, by the Priest, to 'Renounce the Devil and all his works', Voltaire replied ' That this was no time to be making enemies!!'

Thank you everyone for the posts on this page, I will add tomorrow

Bridget

You can't wipe the tears off another persons's face without getting your hands wet........Zula proverb

You ring the bells today,
You could wring your hands tomorrow!

Some times nothing is a real cool hand.

In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends....Martin Luther King Jr

Old King Cole.
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Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe in the middle of the night
And he called for his fiddlers three.

Every fiddler had a fine fiddle, and a very fine fiddle had he;
Oh there's none so rare as can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

Nice to see this thread going strong. One of my very favourite poems is the simple and charming one posted by Agatha at the very bottom of page 15 (amazed that no-one commented on it).

I use the poem a lot and would love to know who the author is - to so give credit.

Happy days

Hi Sneeze....I used to sing that verse at Sunday school,perhaps that's where your mum learnt it? :-)

Mau xx

Jesus bids us shine,
First of all for Him;
Well He sees and knows it,
If our light grows dim.
He looks down from Heaven
To see us shine
You in your small corner,
And I in mine.

Jesus bids us shine,
Then, for all around;
Many kinds of darkness
In the world are found
Sin and want and sorrow;
So we must shine
You in your small corner,
And I in mine.

Mau

Thanks Mau. Just testing. Lovely sunday school words you (and Sneeze)print.
Our version had the second line "with a pure clear light".

Also remember "if you don't go to Sunday school you';ll grow up to be bad. For I want the Lord to be proud of me......

Best wishes Happy days

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem........Bill Vaughan

Colin Firth said...my singing voice is somewhere between a drunken apology and a plumbing problem

Found this to share with you all'


From quiet homes and first beginnings,
Out to undiscovered ends,
There is nothing worth the wear of winning,
But laughter, and the love of friends.

Hillaire Belloc's 'Dedicatory Ode'

"Tell the truth & shame the devil".