Folk-Lore of West and Mid-Wales

by Jonathan Ceredig Davies

O that will not do, says the younger to the elder;

O what will do then? says Festel to Fose;

With hatchets and cleavers, said John the Red Nose,

With hatchets and cleavers, said John the Red Nose,

“What will you boil her in? says Milder to Melder,

What will you boil her in? says the younger to the elder;

O I cannot tell thee, says Festel to Fose;

In pots and in kettles, said John the Red Nose,

In pots and in kettles, said John the Red Nose.”

For more on this interesting subject see “Manners and Customs of the People of Tenby” in “The Cambrian Journal,” Vol. IV., page 177.