 But the water would not. She went a little farther, and she met an ox. So she said: "Ox, ox, drink water! Water won't quench fire; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Pig won't...  The Girl's Own Book - Page 87by Lydia Maria Child - 1833 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lydia Maria Child - Amusements - 1847 - 338 pages
...farther, and she met a butcher ; " Pray, butcher, kill ox — ox won't drink water — water won't quench fire — fire won't burn stick — stick won't...dog won't bite kid — kid won't go — and I see by moonlight, it is now past midnight; and kid and I should have been at home an hour ago." The butcher... | |
 | 1851 - 1124 pages
...that popular nursery myth, in which the prominent characters are an old woman and a pig. Water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over gate, and I shan't get home to my supper to-night. Thank Heaven, we have got... | |
 | Charles Raikes - British - 1852 - 286 pages
...that popular nursery myth, in which the prominent characters are an old woman and a pig. " Water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over gate, and I shan't get home to my supper to-night." Thank Heaven, we have got... | |
 | Merry heart, Melville Gray - Nursery rhymes, English - 1871 - 244 pages
...But the fire would not. She went a little further, and she came to some water. So she said, " Water ! water ! quench fire. Fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the water would not. She went... | |
 | Nursery rhymes, English - 1883 - 75 pages
...But the fire would not. She went a little further, and she came to some water. So she said, " Water ! water ! quench fire Fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the water would not. She went... | |
 | Children's literature - 1884 - 672 pages
...time kid and I were home Half an hour ago ! " But the fire only smoked, So she turned and begged the water : — " Pray water quench fire, fire won't burn...Stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite kid, Kid won't go ! I see by the moonlight 'Tis already midnight, And time kid and I were home An hour and a half ago... | |
 | Joseph Jacobs - Children's stories - 1890 - 296 pages
...to-night." But the fire wouldn't. She went a little further, and she met some water. So she said : " Water, water ! quench fire ; fire won't burn stick ; stick won't beat dog ; dog won't bite pig ; piggy won't get over the stile ; and I shan't get home to-night." But the water wouldn't. She... | |
 | Joseph Jacobs - 1890 - 302 pages
...to-night." But the fire wouldn't. She went a little further, and she met some water. So she said : " Water, water ! quench fire ; fire won't burn stick ; stick won't beat dog ; dog won't bite pig ; piggy won't get over the stile ; and I shan't get home to-night." But the water wouldn't. She... | |
 | Clifton Johnson - Folklore - 1896 - 280 pages
...she went along a little way, and she came to a puddle of water in the road. And she said, " Water, water, quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, piggy won't jump over the stile ; I see by the moonlight 'tis half -past midnight, time pig and... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Animals - 1897 - 296 pages
...But the fire would not. She went a little farther, and she met some water. So she said — " Water, water, quench fire ! Fire won't burn stick ; Stick won't beat dog ; Dog won't bite pig ; Pig won't get over the stile, And 1 shan't get home to-night." But the water would not. She went... | |
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