Guernsey Folk Lore / a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island

by Sir Edgar MacCulloch

Another.

“Un “i” un “l,” ma tante Michelle,

Des roques, des choux, des figues nouvelles,

Ne passez pas par mon jardin,

Ne cueillez pas mon rosmarin,

Crim! Cram! Crue,! Elysée,! Henri! Va ’t’en!”

Sometimes the last three ejaculations are omitted.—From Mrs. W. P. Collings.

Another.

“A la grand’ rue