. The nursery rhymes of England . dropt the pitcher and spiltthe milk ; now there was an old man just byon the top of a ladder thatching a rick, andwhen he saw the little girl spill the milk, he 298 ACCUMULATIVE STORIES. said, Little girl, what do you mean by spillingthe milk, your little brothers and sisters mustgo without their supper ; then said the littlegirl, Tittys dead, and Tatty weeps, the stoolhops, and the besom sweeps, the door jars,and the window creaks, the old form runsround the house, the walnut tree sheds allits leaves, the little bird moults all itsfeathers, and so I spill the
. The nursery rhymes of England . dropt the pitcher and spiltthe milk ; now there was an old man just byon the top of a ladder thatching a rick, andwhen he saw the little girl spill the milk, he 298 ACCUMULATIVE STORIES. said, Little girl, what do you mean by spillingthe milk, your little brothers and sisters mustgo without their supper ; then said the littlegirl, Tittys dead, and Tatty weeps, the stoolhops, and the besom sweeps, the door jars,and the window creaks, the old form runsround the house, the walnut tree sheds allits leaves, the little bird moults all itsfeathers, and so I spill the milk; Oh! saidthe old man, then Ill tumble oft the ladderand break my neck, so he tumbled off theladder and broke his neck ; and when theold man broke his neck, the great walnuttree fell down with a crash, and upset theold form and house, and the house fallingknocked the window out, and the windowknocked the door down, and the door upsetthe besom, the besom upset the stool, andpoor little Tatty Mouse was buried beneaththe SEVENTEENTH CLASS—LOCAL. DXCVIII. UpiHERE was a little nobby colt,His name was Nobby Gray ; His head was made of ponce straw,His tail was made of hay ; He conld ramble, he could trot,He could carry a mustard-pot,Round the town of Woodstock,Hey, Jenny, hey ! LOCAL. DXCIX. KINGS SUTTON is a pretty town, And lies all in a valley ;There is a pretty ring of bells, Besides a bowling-alley :Wine and liquor in good store, Pretty maidens plenty ;Can a man desire more ? There aint such a town in twenty. DC. THE little priest of Felton, The little priest of Felton, He killd a mouse within his house, And neer a one to help him. DCI. [The following verses are said by Aubrey to have been suns in his time bythe sir8 of Oxfordshire in a sport called Leap Candle, which is now obsoleteSee Thomss Anecdotes and Traditions, p. 96.] THE tailor of Bicester, He has but one eye ;He cannot cut a pair of green galagaskins, If he were to try. DC n. DICK and Tom, Will and John,
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