In Fir Tar Is
The Nursery Rhymes of England. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 1886.
In fir tar is,
In oak none is.
In mud eel is,
In clay none is.
Goat eat ivy,
Mare eat oats.
The joke or the following consists in saying it so quick that it cannot be told whether it is English or gibberish. It is remarkable that the last two lines are quoted in MS. Sloan. 4, of the fifteenth century, as printed in the "Reliq. Antiq.," vol. i, p. 324.
The Little Mother Goose. Jessie Willcox Smith. 1912.
In fir tar is.
In oak none is.
In mud eel is.
In clay none is.
Goat eat ivy.
Mare eat oats.
Tags - Scholastic - Tree - Fir - Ivy - Oats - Mud - Clay - Animal - Fish - Eel - Goat - Horse - Mare -
Origin - Europe - British Isles -