Seven is the seven stars of the sky,
And six is the six bold waiters,
Five is the flamboys under the bough,
And four is the Gospel preachers;
Three of them is thrivers (shrivers?),
Two of them is lilywhite babes, and clothed all in green oh!
And One is One, and all alone, and ever more shall be so."
That the first line alludes to the fate of the twelfth apostle is evident. The meaning of the second, third, sixth, ninth, and last lines, is also apparent. The others I am quite at a loss to explain.
C. M. G.
Hay-bread Recipe.—The Query of your correspondent G. D. (Vol. ix., p. 148.) has reminded me of a question which I wish to ask. By what chemical process may hay be converted into bread?