 TAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef: I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home ; Taffy came to my house and stole a marrowbone.  Notes and Queries - Página 1141894Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Reinle - 1894 - 83 páginas
...französischen Volks- und Kinderreimen von Rolland, bei Maisonneuve et Cie. Paris erschienen, pag. 243. 27) Taffy was a Welshman; Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef. etc. Nels pag. 25. 28) E la mama e na sassina, 64 e lui mi conta tute le ore e non mi... | |
 | 1895 - 203 páginas
...dogs snarling over a bone may by some be thought to prove the antiquity of the familiar couplet, ' Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef Then we have a couple of sturdy boat-builders, one of whom, having laid aside his adze,... | |
 | 1896
...The Welsh, too, were not ignorant of border warfare for a like purpose. We all know the ditty : — " Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, And stole a piece of beef." Here very likely we have a reference to cattle-lifting. But it must not be supposed... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1897 - 288 páginas
...by F. ttartu & Co. TAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef : I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at...home ; Taffy came to my house and stole a marrowbone. L went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not in ; Taffy came to my house and stole a silver pin : I went... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1897 - 288 páginas
...Wind. Q PUNCH and Judy Fought for a pie ; Punch gave Judy A sad blow on the eye. j F. tt'arnt & C«. TAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef: I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home ; Taffy came to my house and stole a... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1897 - 288 páginas
...Fought for a pie1, Punch gave Judy A sad blow on the eye. Cafyrigkl 1897 *>• F, Harm & Co /~T"VAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef: I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home ; Taffy came to my house and stole a... | |
 | Frank Richard Stockton - 1898 - 325 páginas
...Mother Goose we are told of the intimate connection between Welshmen, thievery, and marrow-bones ; for " Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came...stole a leg of beef. "I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't home, Taffy went to my house, And stole a marrow-bone." What happened to Taffy we do not know,... | |
 | Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society - 1901
...were constantly taking place and of which the memory is still preserved in the nursery rhyme — " Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came...a leg of beef ; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed," etc. Then, also, much could be said about the great land-owners among whom the county was... | |
 | Thaddeus Stevens Kenderdine - 1901 - 275 páginas
...by singing the song of the beef-purloining Taffey, so aggravating and suggestive in its synonymity, thus — " Taffy was a Welshman ; Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef, I went to Taffy's house — Taffy was in bed ; I up with a marrow-bone and knocked him... | |
 | 1903 - 485 páginas
...curds and whey ; There came a spider, And sat down beside her, And frightened Miss MufFet away. 22 TAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home ; Taffy came to my house and stole a... | |
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