Plymouth memories of an octogenarianDavis, William T. (William Thomas)
History
Plymouth memories of an octogenarian
Davis, William T. (William Thomas)
Plymouth (Mass.) -- History
Een, twee, koppie thee,
Drie, vier, glaas ge beer,
Vzl zes bitter in de flesch,
Ziyen acht san op wacht,
Negen teen, ok hit diener gezzen. (Dutch.)
Ene tene mon emei,
Pastor Loni bone strei.
Ene funi, herke berke,
Wer-we-wo-was. (German.)
Eggs, cheese, butter bread,
Stick, stone dead,
Stick him up and stick him down,
Stick him in the old man’s crown. (United States.)
Ink, pink, papers, ink,
Am pam push. (Scotland.)
Ink, mink, pepper stink,
Sarko, Larko, Bump. (Plymouth.)
Hink, spink, the puddings stink,
The fat begins to fry,
Nobody at home but jumping Joan,
Father, mother and I. (English.)
One, two, three,
Out goes she.
One, two, three,
Nanny caught a flea,
The flea died, and Nanny cried,
Out goes she. (United States.)
One-ery, two-ery, eckeery Ann,
Phillisy, phollisy, Nicholas John,
Queebe, quarby, Irish Mary,
Sinkum, sankum, Johnny go buck. (Cambridge.)
Winnery, ory, accury han,
Phillisy, Phollisi, Nicholas Jan,
Queby, quorby, Irish Mary,
Sink, sunk, sock. (England.)
Eeny, meeny, mony mi,
Pastalony, bony sty,
Harby, darby, walk. (Michigan.)
Great house, little house, pig sty, barn.
Rich man, poor man, beggar man.
The last two were used in Plymouth in the ball game of skip. One of
the two boys who chose sides tossed the bat to the other who caught
it and held it. Then the two alternately grasped it hand over hand,
and if there was enough of the bat left for the next one to hold it,
and throw it over his head, he had the first choice of players.
CHAPTER XXII.
I will add in this chapter some additional memoranda relating to
marine matters, before proceeding with the regular order which I had
prescribed for my memories. In connection with the account of vessels
built and owned in Plymouth, it will not be inappropriate to speak
of those in Kingston and Duxbury, of which I have any recollection,
or of which I have been able to obtain an account. All of these in
entering or leaving their port passed through the waters of Plymouth.
Ezra Weston & Sons owned more vessels than any other firm in New
England, except William Gray of Salem, and, perhaps, more than any
other in the United States, with the above exception. The following
is a partial list of their vessels built in Duxbury with their
tonnage as far as ascertained, for which I am indebted to Major
Joshua M. Cushing of Duxbury.
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