NURSERY RHYME
(By John McNamara!
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man! Bake me a cake as fast as you can; Prick it and pat it, and mark it with T, And put it in the oven for Tommy and me. “Hear, Hear” In the olden days when a man wished to show his approval of another man's speech, he said “Hear him.” Gradually the word “him” was dropped and instead, “hear” repeated.. Hence; ‘‘Hear, hear.'*.
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Southland Times, Issue 22993, 12 September 1936, Page 21 (Supplement)
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73NURSERY RHYME Southland Times, Issue 22993, 12 September 1936, Page 21 (Supplement)
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