3. Black and white is my delight, [In Denham.]
Green and yellow's bonny;
I wouldna part from my sweetheart,
For all my father's money.
4. I'll away yam, [In Denham.]
And tell my man,
That all my geese is dead but yan;
And it's a steg,
Without a leg,
And it'll be dead by I get yam.
5. There was a man and he went mad,
He lapped it in tiv a pea swad;
The peaswad was over full.
And he lapped it in tiv a roaring bull;
A roaring bull was over fat,
So he lapped it in tiv a gentleman's hat;
The gentleman's hat was over fine.
So he lapped it in tiv a bottle of wine;
The bottle of wine was over red,
So he lapped it in tiv a crust of bread;
The crust of bread was over hard,
So he lapped it in tiv half-a-crown;
The half crown was over little,
So he lapped it in tiv a weaver's sickle;
The weaver's sickle was over narrow.
So he lapped it in tiv a wheelabarrow;
The wheelabarrow gave a crack.
And there was an end of poor old Jack.
Jack got a pea, for telling a lee,
He slipped and slided over the sea.
The following I got from a girls' school in Durham (1876).
1. If two girls speak at the same time, they hook the little fingers of their right hands together, and wish a wish, and then loose. They must not speak again till some one asks them a question, or the charm is broken.
2. Cure for hiccough. Stop your ears, and take three (or nine) sips of water.
