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...on), moist, moisture; mire, quagmire (for quake, see guebh). moss. "A rolling stone gathers no moss." One misty moisty morning, When cloudy was the weather, I chanced to meet an old man Clad all in leather. So begins an 18-stanza broadside ballad, popular from the 1680s, The Wiltshire...

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...One to rot, One to grow. heme Connections Counting Growing Things Numbers One Misty, Moisty Morning One misty, moisty morning, When cloudy was the weather,...you do, And how do you do, And how do you do, again? Theme Connections Time of Day Weather One Old Oxford Ox One old Oxford ox opening oysters. Ttoo toads...

...(your name) (writer/talker) « 4 One misty, moisty morning, When cloudy was the weather, There I met an old man Clothed all in leather. He began to compliment And I began to grin, "How-do-you-do," And "how-do-you-do," And "how-do-you-do, again!" Old nursery rhyme The north wind...

...is driving up to be ceremoniously introduced to us (and the children sing, Maddy Prior-style: "And how do you do, and how do you do, and how do you do again!"). "Come on in the water's lovely" at Nailsea, a dormitory suburb of Bristol and our stop-over between...

...portrait of Cornell Whittaker Number Two in his black hat and robes. Pogo stepped closer to join them. "One misty, moisty morning, When cloudy was the weather,...chanced to meet an old man Clothed all in leather." Kate whispered to George, "She's told me this one before." George looked up at the wall. "She's talking...

...John, If he comes no more, Robin Hood, Robin Hood, We shall fret full sore! ONE MISTY MOISTY MORNING One misty moisty morning, When cloudy was the weather,...you do? And how do you do? And how do you do again? THE OLD WOMAN FROM FRANCE There came an old woman from France Who taught grown-up children to dance;...

...showers. BLOWS hearts and merry OWE, I One misty, moisty morning, When cloudy was the weather, ' . j , I chanced to meet an old man Clothed all in leather....and how do you do, -. *• And how do you do again? SEASONS Spring is showery, flowery, bowery; Summer: hoppy, croppy, poppy; Autumn: wheezy, sneezy, freezy;...

...never went there again. Or\ One misty, moisty morning, When cloudy was the weather, I met a little old man Clothed all in leather. He began to compliment,...you do, and how do you do, And how do you do again? .-.^ Two Pigeons I had two pigeons bright and gay, They Hew from me the other day. What was the reason...