well spotted! Caesar adsum jam forte
Sally Evans
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Holahan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: Some child lore poems
> On Dec 22, 2008, at 2:52 AM, Patrick McManus wrote:
>
>> Gosh I have been trying to remember-. . . 'ick ack ock'?
>
>
> Would that be first-year Latin?
>
> hic haec hoc
>
> huius huius huius
>
> huic huic huic
>
>
>
> We did get to singing it. . . .
>
> Speaking of singing, did kids in the North of England a couple of
> generations ago really sing "Oh, you can't put your trash in our
> dustbin" (to the tune of --- can't remember the title) or was Ewan
> MacColl just joking when he said so?
>
> Susan Holahan
>
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