St Nicholas [serial] . help with it. It is your tree now, far morethan it is theirs. CHRISTMAS ASHES BY EDITH THOMAS Yule-tide logs are burning low,Twelfth-night soon his face will show,And those sober days come in,When the Years work we begin. But the ashes—save them allOn your hearthstone as they fall;Christmas ashes have a charmThat can fend away much harm. Housewives, take the precious driftAnd among your linens sift,Mid your wool and silken cloths,So to keep them free from moths. Cast the ashes white and soft Round the byre and through the croft, Then the younglings of the year—Fleece or
St Nicholas [serial] . help with it. It is your tree now, far morethan it is theirs. CHRISTMAS ASHES BY EDITH THOMAS Yule-tide logs are burning low,Twelfth-night soon his face will show,And those sober days come in,When the Years work we begin. But the ashes—save them allOn your hearthstone as they fall;Christmas ashes have a charmThat can fend away much harm. Housewives, take the precious driftAnd among your linens sift,Mid your wool and silken cloths,So to keep them free from moths. Cast the ashes white and soft Round the byre and through the croft, Then the younglings of the year—Fleece or feathers —need not fear. If so be that ye fall ill(Far to call on leechs skill).Put a pinch of ashes fineIn your evening ale or wine. Holy is the Yule-tide flame;And the ashes, just the same:Love the Christmas fires did light-Love is in their ashes white ! Thus, the whole round year we mayTreasure blessings from this day;To our hearts catch up the glow,When the Yule log burnetii low. The Truth About OLD KINC ©l:. BY G. F. HILL ILLUSTRATED BY LESLIE BROOKE Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and there s a story oldOf his pipe and his bowl and his fiddlers three,But the real truth of his historee I doubt whether you ve been listen carefully now to me, while I relate the soleUndoubted tale of the strange career of his Majesty, Old King Cole. iiHe grew so stout that the doctor came and said: My royal friend,You eat and you drink and you smoke too much,And sudden death is the end of such; It s time for you to at your age, you know, you should display more self-control,Or you 11 quite disgrace the royal race of your Majesty, Old King Cole. Now lots of regular exercise is the proper thing for you;And if you get rid of a pound a day,Perhaps, in a year or two, you 11 weighNo more than you ought to THE TRUTH ABOUT OLD KING COLE 233 And then I hope it will long remain unnecessary to condole With the melancholy widow of his late lamented Majesty, Old King Col
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