 Cat, cat, kill rat! Rat won't gnaw rope; Rope won't hang butcher; Butcher won't kill ox; Ox won't drink water; Water won't quench fire; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Pig won't get over the stile, And I shan't get home...  Notes on the North-Western Provinces of India - Page 206by Charles Raikes - 1852 - 270 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Calvin Noyes Kendall - Readers - 1917 - 232 pages
...to-night." But the water would not. Then the old woman saw an ox, and she said, — "Ox, ox, drink water; Water won't quench fire; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Pig won't go. I see by moonlight 19 But the ox would not. The old woman turned around, and saw a butcher, and... | |
 | Fairy tales - 1918 - 452 pages
...little further, and she met a butcher. So she said, "Butcher! butcher! kill ox; ox won't drink water; water won't quench fire ; fire won't burn stick ;...beat dog ; dog won't bite pig ; pig won't get over the stile ; and I shan't get home till midnight." But the butcher wouldn't. She went a little further,... | |
 | Children's stories - 1919 - 508 pages
...said, " Rat ! rat ! gnaw rope ; rope won't hang butcher, butcher won't kill ox, ox won't drink water, water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't go over the stile, and I sha'n't get home to-night." But the rat would not. She went a little farther,... | |
 | Lawrence Elmendorf - Animals - 1919 - 286 pages
...fire would not. " She went a little further, and she met some water. So she said, " Water ! water ! quench fire ; fire won't burn stick ; stick won't beat dog ; dog won't bite pig," etc. But the water would not. She went a little further, and she met an ox. So she said, " Ox ! ox... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - Children - 1921 - 718 pages
...— "Mouse, mouse, gnaw rope; Rope won't hang butcher; Butcher won't kill ox; Ox won't drink water; Water won't quench fire; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Pig won't go. I see by the moonlight, It's long past midnight; Time pig and I were home an hour and a half ago."... | |
 | Ruth Sawyer - 1921 - 358 pages
...right, and maybe I can beg for Jimmy better than Jimmy could beg for himself." CHAPTER VI "Water, water, quench fire; fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over the stile, and I sha'n't get home to-night." But the water would not. 'UDORA timed her visit on Jonathan... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - History - 1921 - 720 pages
...make a fire, and set them on fire, and then threw her stick into the fire, and said, — "Fire, fire, burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Pig won't get over the stile, And I sha'n't get home to-night." But the fire would not. So the old woman fetched a pail... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - Fiction - 1922 - 526 pages
...she met a rope. So she said: "Rope, rope, hang butcher! Butcher won't kill ox; Ox won't drink water: Water won't quench fire; Fire won't burn stick; Stick...won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Pig won't get over the stile, And I shan't get home to-night." But the rope would not. She went a little farther, and... | |
 | Clara Ewing Espey - Religious education - 1922 - 218 pages
...like the nursery rhyme about the old woman whose pig wouldn't jump over the stile : "Water, water, quench fire; fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't jump over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night!" But you will find that if you try this sort of... | |
 | Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith - Fairy tales - 1908 - 500 pages
...But the water would not. Them the old woman saw an ox coming ; so she said : "Ox, ox, drink water; Water won't quench fire; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Pig won't go; I see by the moonlight It's long past midnight; Time pig and I were home an hour and a half ago."... | |
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