 Farewell, rewards and fairies, Good housewives now may say, For now foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ; And though they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to do, Yet who of late for cleanliness Finds sixpence in her shoe ? "...  The Philosophy of Witchcraft - Page 98by Ian Ferguson - 1925 - 218 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1819 - 394 pages
...to the tune of ' The Meddow Brow,' by the learned ; by the unlearned, to the tune of ' Fortune.' ' FAREWELL, rewards and fairies !' Good house-wives...of late for cleanliness Finds six-pence in her shoe ? * [Dr. Percy observes that this humorous old song fell from the hand of the witty bishop of Norwich,... | |
 | 1827 - 798 pages
...Corbet, " Farewell, rewards and fairies ! Good housewives now may say, For now foule aluta in dairies Doe fare as well as they : And though they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to doe, Yet who, of late, for cleanliness, Finds sixpence in her shoe ? " At morning and at evening both,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 416 pages
...N POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS. Farewell rewards and fairies, Good housewives now may say ; For now fowle sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they : And though they sweepe then- hearths no lesse Than maids were wont to doc, Yet who of late for cleanlinesse Finds sixpence... | |
 | Richard Gooch - 1823 - 310 pages
...to the tune of " The Meadow Brow," by the learned ; by the unlearned, to the tune of " Fortune." " Farewell, rewards and fairies ! " Good house-wives...foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ; And tho' they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to do, Yet who of late for cleanliness Finds... | |
 | Cambridge tart - 1823 - 318 pages
...to the tune of " The Meadow Brow," by the learned ; by the unlearned, to the tune of " Fortune.' ' " Farewell, rewards and fairies !" Good house-wives...foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ; And tho' they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to do, Yet who of late for cleanliness Lament,... | |
 | 1827 - 808 pages
...Corbet, " Farewell, rewards and fairies! Good housewives now may say, For now foule sluts in dairies Doe fare as well as they : And though they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to doe, Yet who, of late, for cleanliness, Finds sixpence in her shoe ? " At morning and at evening both,... | |
 | Poor Humphrey's calendar - 1828 - 60 pages
...in the outset of A proper New Ballad, entitled^ THE FAIRIES FAREWELL. Farewell Rewards and Fairies I Good housewives now may say ; For now foul sluts in...late, for cleanliness, Finds sixpence in her shoe ? The cheerful Prelate afterwards says, in praise of the Good People, And whoso kept not secretly Their... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 374 pages
...whistled to the tune of the Meadow Brow, by the learned; by the unlearned, to the tune of Fortune."— " Farewell, rewards and fairies, Good housewives now...of late for cleanliness Finds sixpence in her shoe ? " Lament, lament, old abbeys, The fairies' lost command ; They did but change priests' babies, But... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 372 pages
...whistled to the tune of the Meadow Brow, by the learned; by the unlearned, to the tune of Fortune."— " Farewell, rewards and fairies, Good housewives now...well as they ; And though they sweep their hearths no lest Than maids were wont to do, Yet who of late for cleanliness Finds sixpence in her shoe ? " Lament,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 360 pages
...whistled to the tune of the Meadow Brow, by the learned; by the unlearned, to the tune of Fortune."— " Farewell, rewards and fairies, Good housewives now...fare as well as they ; And though they sweep their hearth! no less Than maids were wont to do, Yet who of late for cleanliness Finds sixpence in her shoe... | |
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