And what they meant by "cut their sticks?"
The Father heard the audience laugh,
As at some witty stroke;
And the old man he scratch'd his head,
For he couldn't see the joke.
"I don't know what they mean," said he,
"But sure 'tis some facetiæ."
And then she heard one, nearly nude,
Say something else about
"Has your fond mother sold her mangle?