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Hummerly Bummerly Counting |
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Written by John McCullagh
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Monday, 17 January 2005 |
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More curious counting:
Yen, twa tippling
March, mapplin
Mapplin how
How harry
Bow barry
Biddery gan
Gan gibby
Gilby nowd
Dis cum towd
Ten you marry.
One-ery, two-ery, dickery davey
Allibo crackery, ten-ery lavery
Just contendium merricum time
Hummerly, bummerly, twenty-nine.
'Ye're not as slow as ye walk aisy!' says Gwendelene McEvoy to me, as I trumped her ace.
'Aye', says Peter Cunningham, 'the softest part of him is he's teeeth!'
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