Rhymes and Jingles 181
to make another two lines. If you fail, I shall punish you.”
The boy scratched his head, and went to work. The result was as follows:—
When Miss Blodgett said “Amen,”
The three little mice ran down again.
One person says to another:—
Adam and Eve and Pinchme
Went out for a swim;
Adam and Eve got drowned,
Who was saved ?
The second person answers, “Pinch-me.”
Number one responds by giving number two a pinch.
Old rhyme:—
Said Aaron to Moses,
“Let’s cut off our noses.”
Says Moses to Aaron,
“Tt’s the fashion to wear ’em.”
Indian counting up to twenty:—
Een, teen, tether, fether, fip,
Satra, latra, co, tethery, dick,
