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- cessful thistle sifter, in sifting a sieve full of unsifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb. If, then, Theophilus Thistledown, the successful thistle sifter, in sifting a sieve full of unsifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb, see that thou, in sifting a sieve full of unsifted thistles, dost not get the thistles stuck in thy tongue.
- Six, thick, thistle sticks.
- A cup of coffee in a copper coffeepot.
- The cat ran up the ladder with a raw lump of liver in its mouth. This is likewise repeated in this form:— The cat ran over the roof of the house with a lump of raw liver in her mouth.
- Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.
A boy asks a friend to play a number game with him. After he has given the friend the necessary rudimentary instruction, the game proceeds in the following dialogue:—
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