This, the local version of “The House that Jack Built,” is widely known. Slightly different versions exist in the different parishes, but the above is as complete as I can make it.—From Mrs. Mollet, Mrs. C. Marquand, Mrs. Le Patourel, and from a version collected in St. Peter-in-the-Wood, by Miss Le Pelley.
“Haptalon[239] de la Vieille Nanon
Qui ribotait son cotillon.”
[239] “Haptalon” is the Guernsey equivalent of “Hobgoblin.”
Old Guernsey Farm House.
Cradle Songs.
“Dindon, Bolilin,