"the farmer being in the dell/his den, his desire for a wife, hers for a child, its for a nurse, a dog, ending with a bone, ending in: ""we all pat the bone"". Every player then pats the one picked as the bone. The 'Hi-Ho, the derry-o' is variously replaced with ""Ee-i, tiddly-i"" in London, 'Ee-i, adio', 'Ee-i, andio' or 'Ee-i, entio', (in Northern England), and 'Ee-i, ee-i' (for instance in the West Country). The Romanian language version is ""Țăranul e pe câmp"" (The farmer is on the field) but the hey-o is replaced with ""Ura, drăguţa mea"" (Hooray, my"
"The Farmer in the Dell ""The Farmer in the Dell"" is a singing game, nursery rhyme and children's song. It probably originated in Germany, and was brought to North America by immigrants. From there it spread to many other nations and is popular in a number of languages. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6306. Lyrics vary even within the same country. The following is a common version in the United States: One UK variant has the nurse and the dog; it ends by clapping [patting] the dog. The rhyme is first recorded in Germany in 1826,"
"or only one person is left to become the last character. They usually become the farmer for the next round. The Farmer in the Dell ""The Farmer in the Dell"" is a singing game, nursery rhyme and children's song. It probably originated in Germany, and was brought to North America by immigrants. From there it spread to many other nations and is popular in a number of languages. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6306. Lyrics vary even within the same country. The following is a common version in the United States: One UK variant has the"
"he could choose anything in the world, the boy asks for one bell from one of the reindeer's harnesses. The boy places the bell in the pocket of his robe and all the children watch as Santa takes off into the night for his annual deliveries. Later, on the train ride home, the boy discovers that the bell has fallen through a hole in his pocket. The boy arrives home and goes to his bedroom as the train pulls away. On Christmas morning, his sister finds a small package for the boy under the tree, behind all of the other"
"back home. Then on the way home, he says to himself, ""Six farm eggs, a cake for tea, and a pound of pears"". After saying that, he is happy that he remembered those three items his mother requested. However, he has forgotten the bacon when he gets home. And finally, he says out loud, ""I FORGOT THE BACON!"". Finally, the final page depicts the child carrying a basket and a coin purse, taking his dog attached to a leash (after his mother has collected the three items; the six farm eggs, the cake for tea, and the pound of pears)"
"its head and tosses it into the swamp. The children are ordered to hide anytime someone comes to the farm. When a hog buyer shows up, Ambrose, the Grimes' son, maliciously prevents Splutters, one of the children, from hiding. The buyer then purchases the boy from Grimes. Molly has promised the others that God will rescue them. When a boy asks why nothing has happened after a month, she tells him that He is busy attending to sparrows (a biblical reference). Ambrose catches Molly with stolen potatoes, so she and the others are given no supper. She pleads for the"
"Johnie Cock Johnie Cock (also Johnny O'Breadisley or Jock o' Braidislee) is the 114th Child Ballad, existing in several variants. The Child Ballads were a collection of 305 ballads from England and Scotland, collected by Francis James Child in the late 19th century. Johnie Cock is warned by his mother that he is in danger but nevertheless goes poaching and kills a deer. He feeds his dogs and sleeps in the woods. A man (sometimes a palmer, a medieval European pilgrim to the Holy Land) betrays him to foresters, who attack him while he sleeps. Johnie wakes. Either he or"
"petulantly tells his servants to take it all away and bring him what he really wants—a humble dish of figgie hobbin. (Figgy hobbin:- plain pastry, cooked with a handful of raisins (raisins being ""figs"" and figs ""broad raisins""). Note: the following poems are printed in the U.S. edition of the book. The U.K. edition may contain a slightly different collection of poems. Figgie Hobbin Figgie Hobbin: Poems for Children is a children's poetry collection written by the Cornish poet Charles Causley and first published in 1970. Since then it has gone through numerous reprints, including a notable version published in"
"that the girl is a fairy who has lived in the forest for more than a thousand years. She takes pity on Pinocchio, and sends a falcon to take him down from the tree and for her poodle servant Medoro to prep her stagecoach. After a visit from three doctors consisting of an Owl, a Crow, and the Talking Cricket (""Il Grillo Parlante""), the Fairy attempts to give Pinocchio medicine in order to heal his injuries. Pinocchio refuses to take the medicine on account of its sour taste, prompting the Fairy to summon a group of coffin-bearing undertaker rabbits. Frightened"
"The Crafty Farmer The Crafty Farmer is Child ballad 283, existing in several variants. A farmer is traveling with a sum of money—sometimes because he must pay his rent for a long period of time, sometimes because he has sold a cow—when he falls in with a highwayman. He either admits to the money, or the highwayman has overheard where he keeps it. The highwayman demands it and the farmer throws the money (in saddlebags or sewed in coat) off the road. The highwayman goes after it, and finds it empty, or filled with straw. The farmer steals the highwayman's"
"insects that she likes. When her father comes, she hides them in the box. She is then beaten by the latter who also starts to break everything in the room. With her doll and her box, the girl runs to take refuge in her cupboard where she plays with an insect. Then she eats sugar and gets covered with honey and finds herself in a cocoon in a forest. She begins to leave it, the sticky body with wings in the back, very long nails, ruffled hair. She has therefore converted into a butterfly whose face is that of Farmer."
"to the little black child who has been left in her care. This lady tells the child to fall asleep, because his mother is working in the fields. The lady promises that the child's mother will bring him treats, such as quails and pork, if he falls asleep. The mother is a slave, as she works without pay. The caregiver tells the boy, if he doesn't fall asleep, the white devil, meaning the slave driver, will come to eat his little feet. His mother continues to work hard; as she works, she is coughing, and in mourning. In 2015 the"
"steals back the bag, and sets off on his bike once more. Upon returning home, he removes the meat from his bag, and hides the rest of the contents behind some bushes. After giving the meat to his mom for their dinner, the protagonist watches as his younger sibling plays a video game involving chasing down and eating bunnies. The protagonist tries to play the game, but lets the bunny get away to eat a carrot. Their mom announces that dinner is ready. At dinner, the protagonist's younger sibling eats his food voraciously and the protagonist excuses himself from the"
"some honey to soften his voice. A little while later, the kids hear another voice at the door: ""Let me in children, your mother has something for each and every one of you"". This time the voice is high and sweet like their mother's. They are about to let him in when the youngest kid looks under the crack in the door and notices the wolf's big, black feet. They refuse to open the door, and the wolf goes away again. The wolf goes to the bakery and steals some flour, smearing it all over his coat, turning his black"
"the land. When the sun comes up every member of the family has their chores to do. Little Henry goes to milk the cow, this is the first year they had a cow. His sister goes to feed the chickens, which are good layers, and the ones that aren't are good ""eaters"". Mrs. Brown tends the garden. There is little in the garden that will be sold, the narrator says, but much that will be eaten. Henry looks out into his field. He is not planting what he usually plants, but peanuts like the government man asked. The peanuts will"
"the background. The ""toljiabee"" then begins. The baby picks up various items on the table that attracts him or her. The items that the child picks up are said to predict the child’s future. If the child picks up the thread, the child will have a long life. A child who picks up the pencil, book or calligraphy set is forecast to be a good scholar. A child who picks the rice, rice cakes, or money will become rich; some say that choosing the rice (or a rice cake) means the child is unintelligent, or that they will never be"
"was what he carried. The youngest, who was short and regarded as a little simple, persuaded his mother to let him try as well, and told the old woman that he carried the peaches to cure the princess, and she said so it was and also gave him a silver whistle. When he got to the castle, eating the peaches revived the princess. The king did not want such a puny little son-in-law. He told the boy had to herd a hundred rabbits and not lose one for four days. The first day, the rabbits scattered, but the boy used"
"Muffins"", ""Kiddie Kippers"", ""Children Chops"", and ""Smorgas Boy""). Bugs witnesses Witch Hazel coaxing the children inside and goes in her house, disguised as a truant officer, and saves the youths from her clutches. The children both turn to Hazel as they leave and say in a thick German accent: ""Ach - your mother rides a vacuum cleaner!"" However, once Hazel realizes that Bugs is a rabbit, she tries to cook him instead, using a carrot (hollowed out and filled with a sleeping potion) as a lure. Bugs eats the carrot and falls asleep and Witch Hazel puts him into a"
"The King's Dochter Lady Jean ""The King's Dochter Lady Jean"" is Child ballad No. 52. The King's youngest Daughter, Jane, is sitting in her bower one day when she is overcome with the urge to gather nuts from the King's forest. She goes to the forest to do so when a forester appears, and commands her not to pick nuts in the forest without his permission. Jane asserts that she does not need his permission, at which point the forester rapes her. Jane says that he will pay dearly for raping the king's daughter, at which point the forester reveals"
"that of ""Hind Etin"" and ""Tam Lin"". The King's Dochter Lady Jean ""The King's Dochter Lady Jean"" is Child ballad No. 52. The King's youngest Daughter, Jane, is sitting in her bower one day when she is overcome with the urge to gather nuts from the King's forest. She goes to the forest to do so when a forester appears, and commands her not to pick nuts in the forest without his permission. Jane asserts that she does not need his permission, at which point the forester rapes her. Jane says that he will pay dearly for raping the king's"
"milk of a donkey may also by drunk as a remedy for coughing. Animal skins are used to make clothing and leather items, and the meat is eaten as a part of their diet. Tubers (starchy root vegetables) and millet are grown in the fields, while vegetables such as onions, tomatoes, and okra are grown in small gardens surrounding the homes. The women are responsible for cultivating these small vegetable gardens. They also gather wild grasses, seeds, berries, and other fruits. Small groups of women set out for journeys that last about a month, taking with them all that is"
"but luckily remembers what is in it. ""The Kiss"" Raymond acts strangely as he awaits a visit from jazz singer Edith Budge. ""Cheese and Tomato Toasties"" Raymond eats a lot of tasty cheese toasties, leaving him short of bread. ""Strawberries"" Tina helps Rudi collect strawberries from Hayes Farm to sell at his stall. ""Market Cries"" Granny Murray takes the children to the park and to the market, where they learn about working in a team. ""The Pet"" Bobby is `chosen' by an abandoned kitten so she decides to take it home and keep it as a pet. ""Harlequin Day"" Doctor"
"The Battle of the Birds, The Grateful Prince, or The Master Maid—but this tale unusually makes the captive a girl and the person the captor's son. A girl went to school, and every day, she picked a plum from a tree along the way. She was called ""Prunella"" because of this. But the tree belonged to a wicked witch and one day she caught the girl. Prunella grew up as her captive. One day, the witch sent her with a basket to the well, with orders to bring it back filled with water. The water seeped out every time, and"
"he might remember it if he tasted it. Then Wheezer and the other kids have Stymie sample a potato, Peet Bros soap, shoe polish (?), gasoline, moth balls, glue, Limburger cheese and finally fish-meal fertilizer, to which Stymie says ""yep, that's it."" Then Dorothy is doling out candy to Wheezer when the phone rings. It's the chain store representatives, who want to increase their offer. Wheezer picks up the receiver but does not speak to the representatives, because he is distracted by Dorothy. Thinking she's not giving him enough candy (and therefore not hearing their offer), Wheezer shouts at Dorothy"
"fall as they shake. If Minnie bumps the tree accidentally of course, she uses a nest that has three eggs on her hat, she plays her ball and hit it on her dad's head. George tells Minnie to leave those apples alone, she says that she calls a wind fall and eats an apple. Next, in Space Case, Spotty falls into Olive's pea soup, and Plug says that he resembles a martian, Danny tells Dennis' school teacher that he's landing on the playground, Fatty says that he wants to eat cookies from the cookie jar. Dennis' school teacher jumps into"
"One Fine Day (book) One Fine Day is a children's picture book by Nonny Hogrogian. Released by Macmillan, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1972. A woman catches a fox drinking her glass of milk and cuts off his tail. The fox begs her for his tail back, and she agrees to return it if the fox replaces the milk he stole. The fox approaches a series of other animals and people, each of whom wants something in return for their help. After fulfilling everybody's needs, the woman sews the fox's tail back onto him."
"One Fine Day (book) One Fine Day is a children's picture book by Nonny Hogrogian. Released by Macmillan, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1972. A woman catches a fox drinking her glass of milk and cuts off his tail. The fox begs her for his tail back, and she agrees to return it if the fox replaces the milk he stole. The fox approaches a series of other animals and people, each of whom wants something in return for their help. After fulfilling everybody's needs, the woman sews the fox's tail back onto him."
"him up in blood-soup/black puddings]. The husband then eats the blood-soup/black pudding, saying how “delicious [the] food is,"" and even asks for the wife to ""give [him] some more.” It is quite clear by the end of the tale that food is associated with death. At the beginning of the short story, the girl is cutting an apple when she cuts her fingers and ""blood [falls to] the snow."" An apple later is even referred to as ushering in the Devil when the little boy comes home and the Devil figuratively makes the mother say to him, ""My son, wilt"
"your broth and bread, it's off to bed!"" yells the woman to the kids. After the children are sent to sleep, they begin a rowdy song and the situation becomes happy but highly chaotic. The woman later wakes up and threatens them to feed them castor oil if they don't go to sleep, which they happily comply with. The woman reveals that the castor oil was simply apple cider which she energetically drinks. The Kids in the Shoe The Kids in the Shoe is a 1935 short animated film produced by Max Fleischer. It is a humorous retelling of the"
"buy the cow, they convince Jack that the beans the Baker has found in his father's old hunting jacket are magic beans and buy the cow for five of them. Jack bids a tearful goodbye to his cow (""I Guess This Is Goodbye""), and the Baker orders his wife to return to the village with the cow. He has qualms about being so dishonest, but his wife reasons that the chance to have a child justifies their trickery (""Maybe They're Magic""). The Witch has raised Rapunzel as her own daughter, keeping her locked away from the world in a tall"
"gave the goblin a lump of jam and butter at Christmas, the goblin belonged to the grocer. One day, the student came to buy cheese and candles; then he discovered that his cheese was wrapped in a page from a poetry book, so he bought the book instead of the cheese, and joked that the grocer knew nothing about poetry. The goblin, offended by the joke, used magic to make everything in the room speak and they all agreed that poetry was useless. The goblin went to tell the student, but he saw a beautiful, marvelous tree of light in"
"to receive a brain. However, he encounters a misadventure while not knowing what's happening on the outside (from falling out of a window of a factory to being stolen and put in a truck, etc.) while singing the song and doing random activities such as having a disco, eating nuts, or doing yoga; the interior of the box he is in appears to expand in different sizes while remaining the same on the exterior. In the end, a little boy puts the box on a wagon and as he spots a dime on the road, he releases the wagon. The"
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm ""Old MacDonald Had a Farm"" is a children's song and nursery rhyme about a farmer named MacDonald (sometimes known as ""McDonald"" or ""Macdonald"") and the various animals he keeps on his farm. Each verse of the song changes the name of the animal and its respective noise. In many versions, the song is cumulative, with the animal sounds from all the earlier verses added to each subsequent verse. For example, the verse uses a cow as an animal and ""moo"" as the animal's sound. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 745. In"