CHAT: Ruth; CHAT: Names, was: Re: Brithenig-heads
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 17, 2000, 5:59 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> It's my wife's sister's name. Her father used to say:
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> I knew a little girl
> and her name was Ruth
> She lost her tooth
> in a telephone booth.
>
> No rude words there.
And then, forsooth,
She hired a sleuth
To tell her the truth
That they found her tooth
(While it sounds uncouth!)
In a bottle of vermouth.
Right, all of them perfectly polite!
Sal
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