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There was an old woman who swallowed a fly,
I don't know why she swallowed a fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a bird,
How absurd! to swallow a bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a cat,
Imagine that! to swallow a cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a dog,
What a hog! to swallow a dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a goat,
Just opened her throat! to swallow a goat,
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a cow,
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat,
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a horse,
She's dead—of course!

Remembered this rhyme and thought I'd share just for a giggle :D
 
ha remember this from school..........must've taken you ages to type it all out.......does anyone remember a rhyme about horses with socks its rally bugging me: something like:

one sock....................
two socks try it
three socks buy it
four socks..................

please help fill in gaps:D
 
Are you sure she's dead? I mean she didn't just tell you all this stuff, change her name and disappear (she's not dead). I'm not going to believe any of this without documentary evidence.
If this makes no sense check out the filly thread for an interesting insight into multiple personality disorder (which can also effect equines):)
 
cumbriamax said:
ha remember this from school..........must've taken you ages to type it all out.......does anyone remember a rhyme about horses with socks its rally bugging me: something like:

one sock....................
two socks try it
three socks buy it
four socks..................

please help fill in gaps:D
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I can only remembe the last bit

four socks come home without it!
 
Fellewell said:
Are you sure she's dead? I mean she didn't just tell you all this stuff, change her name and disappear (she's not dead). I'm not going to believe any of this without documentary evidence.
If this makes no sense check out the filly thread for an interesting insight into multiple personality disorder (which can also effect equines):)
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Well I just ate a large pack of malteasers and don't feel great so I'm pretty sure she didn't fair too well!:p

Filly thread ha too funny some rather odd people around!
 
Four white socks, keep him not a day
Three white socks, send him far away
Two white socks, give him to a friend
One white sock, keep him till the end!

Anyone remember that one?
 
THE AGE OF A HORSE

To tell the age of any horse
Inspect the lower jaw, of course.
The six front teeth the tale will tell,
And every doubt and fear dispel.

Two middle nippers you behold
Before the colt is two weeks old.
Before eight weeks two more will come;
Eight months the corners cut the gum.

The outside grooves will disappear
From middle two in just one year;
In two years from the second pair;
In three years "corners," too are bare.

At two the middle "nippers" drop.
At thrree the second pair can't stop.
When four years old the third pair goes.
At five a full new set he shows.

The deep black spots will pass from veiw
At six years from the middle two;
The second pair at seven years;
At eight the spot each corner clears.

From middle "nippers" upper jaw
At nine the black spot will withdraw.
The second pair at ten are bright;
Eleven finds the corners light.

As time goes on, the horseman know,
The oval teath three-sided grow.
The old horse has more "whoa" than "get"
We keep him only for a pet.

Anonymous
 
Stencilface said:
One sock buy him
Two socks try him
Three socks suspect him
Four socks reject him

Seems to be lots of variations of this one :D
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^That's the one I know^

Found this one though, which I think is one of the older variations (dates back to 15th century):
If your horse has four white feet, Give him to your foe, And if he has three, Do even so. If he has two, Give him to your friend, But if he has just one, Keep him till the end.

My mare has 3, so she's not quite the spawn of the devil :p
 
I thought it was white feet (on the white hooves are not as robust as black hooves story).

One white foot buy him,
Two white feet try him,
Three white feet look well about him,
Four white feet do without him.

The one about four white socks and a stripe sounds like an anti-cob bias - I couldn't possibly comment.:rolleyes::eek:
 
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