SEMICOLONS THAT COUNT.
'ijhis rhyme, were the semicoins omitted, would cause, much merriment : l saw a pack of cards; gnawing a bone 1 saw a dog; seated on Britain's throne l saw King George; shut up within a box I saw an orange; driving at a fat ox i saw a butcher;- not a twelvemonth old. I saw a greatcoat; cackling like a sc-old. I saw a peacock; with a fiery tail il saw a blazing cornet; pour "down hail ! saw a cloud; enwrapped with ivy round 1 saw an oak tree; swallow up a whale I saw' a boundless sea; brimful of ale 1 saw a pewter pot; fifteen feet deep J saw a well;, full of men’s tears that weep. 1 saw wet eyes; among the things J sa w Were no sore eyes or any other eyesore. Considerably over a hundred years old is the description of a woman and her nails : Every woman in the land Has twenty nails; upon each hand l ive and twenty on hands and feet, All this is true without deceit.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 7 March 1925, Page 16
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180SEMICOLONS THAT COUNT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 7 March 1925, Page 16
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