—From Mrs. Mollet, La Villette.
Another.
“Onery, Twoery, Dickery, Davy,
Arabo, Crackery, Jennery, Lavy,
Wishcome, Dandy, Merrycome, Time,
Humberry, Bumberry, Twenty-nine.”
—From Mrs. Durand, sen.
[234] Or sometimes “Birds of the Air.”
These words sound like a burlesque of Roman Catholicism, especially of the words of administration of the Mass.