b) Me fader got a rose-tree in him yard; eb’ry night he blow, an by time de fe clean, eb’ry one gone.
c) Me fader hab a heap a white plate pon a blue table; wash de plate in de evening an’ turn him down, an’ in de morning don’ see one.
55. Me fader hab a pepper-tree an i nebber ripe till night come.
—Stars.
56. Me fader hab a tree full apple an’ not a man can count them.
—Stars.
a) My sheet I cannot fold,
My money I cannot count.
—Cloud and stars.
57. My father has a sheet that covers the whole world.