The Hobyahs Once upon a time a little old woman and a little old man lived in the bush in a hut all made of bark. They had a little yellow dog called Dingo. The little yellow dog always barked when anyone came near the hut. (Real dingoes do not bark-they howl-but this dog barked.) One night when the little old woman and the little old man were fast asleep, out from the gloomy gullies came the hobyahs, creep,creep, creeping. Through the grey gum-trees came the hobyahs, run, run, running. Skip, skip, skipping on the ends of their toes ran the hobyahs. And the hobyahs cried, “Pull down the hut, eat up the little old man, carry off the little old woman.” Then the yellow dog Dingo ran out, barking loudly. The hobyahs were afraid. They ran home as fast as they could go. But the little old man woke up from his dream and cried “Little dog Dingo barks so loud that I can neither slumber nor sleep. In the morning I will take off his tail.” So the little old man took off little dog Dingo’s tail to stop him from barking. The second night, along came the hobyahs, creep, creep, creeping. Through the grey gum-trees came the hobyahs, run, run, running. Skip, skip, skipping on the ends of their toes ran the hobyahs. And the hobyahs cried. “Pull down the hut, eat up the little old man, carry off the little old woman.” Then yellow dog Dingo ran out barking loudly. The hobyahs were afraid. They ran home as fast as they could go. But the little old man tossed in his sleep and cried. “Little dog Dingo barks so loud that I can neither slumber nor sleep. In the morning I will take off his legs.” So the little old man took off little dog Dingo’s legs to stop him from barking. The third night along came the hobyahs. Out from the gloomy gullies came the hobyahs, creep, creep, creeping. Through the grey gum-trees came the hobyahs, run, run, running. Skip, skip, skipping on the ends of their toes ran the hobyahs. And the hobyahs cried, “Pull down the hut, eat up the little old man, carry off the little old woman.” Then yellow dog Dingo barked loudly. The hobyahs were afraid. They ran home as fast as they could go. But the little old man heard Dingo. He sat up in his bed and cried, “Little dog Dingo barks so loud that I can neither slumber nor sleep. In the morning I will take off his head.” So the little old man took off Dingo’s head. Then the little dog Dingo could not bark any more. That night along came the hobyahs. Through the long grass came the hobyahs, creep, creep, creeping. Through the grey gum-trees came the hobyahs, run, run, runnning. Skip, skip, skipping on the ends of their toes ran the hobyahs. And the hobyahs cried “Pull down the hut, eat up the little old man, carry off the little old woman.” Now little dog Dingo could not bark any more. There was no one to frighten the hobyahs away. They pulled down the hut. They took the little old woman away in their bag. But the little old man they could not get, for he hid himself under the bed. Then the hobyahs went home. They hung the bag upon a hook. In it was the little old woman. They poked the bag with their fingers and cried, “Ha! Ha! Little old woman.” But when the sun came up, they went to sleep. Hobyahs, you know, used to sleep all day. When the little old man found the little old woman gone, he was very sorry. Now he knew what a good little dog Dingo had been. So he took Dingo’s tail and his legs and his head and gave them back to him. Then little dog Dingo went sniffing along to find the little old woman. Soon he came to the hobyahs’ house. He heard the little old woman crying in the bag. He saw the hobyahs were all fast asleep. Then he cut open the bag with his sharp teeth. Out jumped the little old woman, and ran home as fast as she could go. Dingo did not run away, but crept inside the bag to hide. When night came, the hobyahs woke up, and they poked at it with their long fingers. They cried, “Ha! Ha! Little old woman.” Out of the bag jumped the little dog Dingo, and ate up every one of the hobyahs. And that is why there are no hobyahs now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The hobyahs it is said first made their appearance in Jacob’s More English Fairy Tales (1894) which was reproduced by the Journal of American Folklore (vol.111) communicated by Mr. S.V. Proudfoot who had it from a Perthshire family. The story is believed to be a ‘nursery bogie’ tale featuring fictional creatures rather than creatures which were objects of real belief. In Australia for many years Victorian school children learned about the hobyahs through their second grade reader firs published in 1928. Submitted by: June Barnes Kath <mzmouser@earthlink.net> ~`* `*' `*' `* `*' `*' *' `*' *' `*' `* `*' *' `*' ~~~

<LOL> Poor little guy........ kath > > I was born without a body. It doesn't hurt, except when I try to > > breathe. The doctors gave me an artificial body. It is a burlap bag > > filled with leaves.

Thank you Sweetie Heart. kath > > > Restarting > > >>>>>>Ask God to allow the > > purity of Jesus to flood your life, pray for His direction in > > all that you do, and watch the power of God be released > > into your life. >

ROTFL~! Love this Munchkin~! :-) kath > What is the English word for a sunny day following 2 rainy days? > . > Monday! > > > ==== FOLKLORE Mailing List ==== > "second star to the right and straight on 'til morning" > »§«:*´`³¤³´´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§« >

Today is Monday, May seventh, the 127th day of 2001. There are 238 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May seventh, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France. On this date: In 1789, the first inaugural ball was held in New York in honor of President and Mrs. George Washington. In 1847, the American Medical Association was founded in Philadelphia. In 1915, nearly 1200 people died when a German torpedo sank the British liner "Lusitania" off the Irish coast. In 1939, Germany and Italy announced a military and political alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis. In 1941, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra recorded "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA Victor. In 1954, the 55-day Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam ended with Vietnamese insurgents overrunning French forces. In 1963, the United States launched the Telstar Two communications satellite. In 1975, President Ford formally declared an end to the "Vietnam era." In Ho Chi Minh City -- formerly Saigon -- the Viet Cong celebrated its takeover. In 1994, Norway's most famous painting, "The Scream" by Edvard Munch, was recovered almost three months after it was stolen from an Oslo museum. In 1999, NATO jets struck the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, killing three people and injuring 20; President Clinton called the attack a "tragic mistake." Ten years ago: Doctors said that President Bush's recent bout with an irregular heartbeat was caused by a mildly overactive thyroid gland, a condition they said was easily treatable. Five years ago: The first international war crimes proceeding since Nuremberg opened at The Hague, with a Serbian police officer, Dusan Tadic, facing trial on murder-torture charges. (A year later on this date, Tadic was convicted of brutalizing prisoners, but was acquitted of more serious crimes, including murder.) One year ago: A second fire was set to contain an earlier blaze that was begun to clear brush on the Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico; the second fire blew out of control, destroying more than 200 homes and damaging part of the Los Alamos National Laboratory before it was controlled. President Vladimir Putin took the oath of office in Russia's first democratic transfer of power. Actor-producer-author Douglas Fairbanks Junior died in New York at age 90. Today's Birthdays: Actor Darren McGavin is 79. Singer Teresa Brewer is 70. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici (Republican, New Mexico) is 69. Football Hall-of-Famer Johnny Unitas is 68. Singer Jimmy Ruffin is 62. Singer Johnny Maestro is 62. Actress Robin Strasser is 56. Singer-songwriter Bill Danoff is 55. NBC newsman Tim Russert is 51. Actor Robert Hegyes is 50. Movie writer-director Amy Heckerling is 47. Actor Michael E. Knight is 42. Rock musician Phil Campbell (Motorhead) is 40. Rock singer-musician Chris O'Connor (Primitive Radio Gods) is 36. Actress Traci Lords is 32. "Real stories, in distinction from those we invent, have no author. Although history owes its existence to men, it is not `made' by them." -- Hannah Arendt, American historian and philosopher (1906-1975). (Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

What is the English word for a sunny day following 2 rainy days? .. . . . . . Monday!

I live near a small town and farming community, and the following event happened to a friend of mine, a farmer named Ken Kellog. Ken raises sheep, and he has this surly, unpredictable ram which boldly tries to escape the pasture at any opportunity. He also has quite a temper (the ram, not Ken). A bunch of ravens had their nests near by -- about twenty ravens in all. Ten ravens make up a swoop, just like more than four sheep are a flock, etc. Anyways, these ravens loved to harass the ram. They'd fly down into the field and caw at him until he charged at them. Then they'd all fly upward, and the ram would crash into the fence. Once, though, one of the ravens didn't get out of the way in time, and he was crushed against the fencepost. The others decided to get revenge. When Farmer Kellog came out to check on his sheep one day, he forgot to lock the gate properly. The ravens, working together, pushed it open, and lured the ram out into the hayfield. They flew towards the bailing machine, the ram bleating furiously all the way. At the last moment, the ravens pulled up -- and the ram ran straight into the bailer. He came out the other side in a mangled package. Twenty big black birds came to perch upon him, satisfied, leaving the farmer with two swoops of ravens on a package of Kellog's brazen ram.

Someone asked for a repeat so here it is: I want name any names here. But here it is. I have always though it was a cute story. Fred A Little Mixed Up Just a line to say I'm living That I'm not among the dead; That's I'm getting more forgetful And more mixed up in the head. For sometime, I can't remember, When I stand at the stair, If I'm going up for something, Or I've just come from up there. And before the "fridge" so often, My poor mind is filled with doubt, Have I just put the food away, Or have I come to take some out? Then there's times, It's dark out, with my night cap on my head, I don't know if I retiring, Or just getting out of bed. So if it's my turn to write you, There is no need in getting sore, I may think that I've written And don't want to be a bore. So just remember "that I love you" And I wish that you were here; And now it's nearly mail time, So I must say "Good-bye dear." P.S. There I stood beside the mail box, With a face so red, I should have mailed you my letter, But I opened it instead. Speaking of getting old Please Visit our Amputee Support Web Site at http://ampsupport.com

Hi Paula, Welcome to Folklore. I hope you enjoy your visit with us. Mary from Michigan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kath" <mzmouser@earthlink.net> To: <FOLKLORE-L@rootsweb.com> Hello and Welcome to Folklore, Paula. :-) Kath Washington State

Hi there Paula, Welcome from CA Elsie At 01:53 PM 5/6/01 -0700, you wrote: >Hello and Welcome to Folklore, Paula. :-) > Kath > Washington State > > > > > > Kath <mzmouser@earthlink.net> >~`* `*' `*' `* `*' `*' *' `*' *' `*' `* `*' *' `*' ~~~

Hello and Welcome to Folklore, Paula. :-) Kath Washington State Kath <mzmouser@earthlink.net> ~`* `*' `*' `* `*' `*' *' `*' *' `*' `* `*' *' `*' ~~~

Today is Sunday, May sixth, the 126th day of 2001. There are 239 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May sixth, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German dirigible "Hindenburg" burned and crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground. On this date: In 1861, Arkansas seceded from the Union. In 1889, the Paris Exposition formally opened, featuring the just-completed Eiffel Tower. In 1891, electrician Irwin H. Hoover began installing the first electrical wiring in the White House. In 1910, Britain's King Edward the Seventh died. In 1935, the Works Progress Administration began operating. In 1941, dictator Josef Stalin assumed the Soviet premiership, replacing Vyacheslav M. Molotov. In 1942, during World War Two, some 15-thousand Americans and Filipinos on Corregidor surrendered to the Japanese. In 1954, medical student Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile during a track meet in Oxford, England, in three minutes, 59-point-four seconds. In 1960, Britain's Princess Margaret married Anthony Armstrong-Jones, a commoner, at Westminster Abbey. (They divorced in 1978.) In 1981, Yale architecture student Maya Ying Lin was named winner of a competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Ten years ago: President Bush returned to work after spending two nights at Bethesda Naval Hospital because of an irregular heartbeat; he met at the White House with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze. Five years ago: The body of former CIA director William E. Colby was found washed up on a riverbank near his southern Maryland vacation home, eight days after he'd disappeared. One year ago: Jack Mazzan, who'd spent 20 years on death row for the murder of a judge's son, was released on bail, three months after the Nevada Supreme Court reversed his conviction. "Fusaichi Pegasus" became the first favorite to win the Kentucky Derby since "Spectacular Bid" in 1979. Today's Birthdays: Baseball Hall-of-Famer Willie Mays is 70. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (Republican, Alabama) is 67. Rock singer Bob Seger is 56. Singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore is 56. Actor Ben Masters is 54. Actor Gregg Henry is 49. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is 48. Game show host Tom Bergeron is 46. Actor George Clooney is 40. Actor Clay O'Brien is 40. Actress Roma Downey is 38. Rock singer-musician Tony Scalzo (Fastball) is 37. Rock musician Mark Bryan (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 34. "Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities." -- Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (1869-1959). (Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

from Simple Pleasures: 10 Great rewards to exercising: Not only has exercise been proven to help lower the risk of cancer, heart disease, or other illnesses, but recent studies show there are many additional surprising benefits from exercise. Here are the top ten great rewards from exercising. 1. Exercise helps you build brain power. Aerobic exercise will help your body feel supple and energized as it increases blood flow to the brain, making your thought processes more efficient. Studies have show that people who exercised regularly performed better on memorization and word association tests. People who are fit are faster thinkers than people who don't exercise. Regular exercise is also helpful in reducing your risk of Alzheimer's. 2. Exercise is an excellent way to boost your self-esteem. Even people with very busy schedules should be able to find ten minutes a day fro a brisk walk or other aerobic exercise. Developing a routine exercise program and following through with it will give you a strong sense of accomplishment. You can build confidence by setting reasonable goals, following through on a schedule even if it's only ten minutes a day, and celebrate the new skills and strengths that you are gaining. 3. Exercise is a great replacement for binge eating. Stress and tension often send us running for the refrigerator or cookie jar. A study at Long Beach State University found that taking a brisk twelve-minute walk gave people more energy and release from tension than eating a bag of cookies or your favorite comfort food. 4. Increase your creativity. Researches in London found a correlation between exercise and the flow of nutrients to areas of the brain responsible for abstract and creative thinking. Instead of getting worked up over that writer's block or stumbling through creating that proposal, get up and take a fifteen minute exercise break. Take a brisk walk or walk up and down the office stairwell to get the blood flowing, release tension, and get your mind off the project. When you come back from your fifteen minutes exercise break you will find you have a new focus and creative approach to your project. 5. Improve your sleep. Working out doing aerobics or taking a brisk walk four times a week for a thirty-forty minute period will increase the restful nature of your sleep. Researchers at Stanford University found that adults who followed this kind of an exercise routine fell a sleep 50% faster, and slept longer than the adults who didn't exercise. 6. Improve your posture and increase you height. Flexibility and strength training routines that improve your posture can increase your body height by a quarter of an inch over a twelve-week period. Researchers looking for a way to prevent osteoporosis discovered this side benefit during their research. The physical therapist on the study found that women who do strength bearing exercises several times a week improved the bone density of their spine reducing the risk of osteoporosis. 7. Deliver that bundle right on time. Research on 557 prenatal women at Mount Sinai School of Medicine found that pregnant women who did at least three hours of aerobic exercise a week strengthened their muscles allowing them to have a shorter labor period and generally deliver on time. 8. Keep those ears sharp. A study at Miami University found that adding thirty-minute bike rides or brisk walks to a weekly exercise routine gave the people stronger blood circulation, which would be beneficial to preventing hearing loss. 9. Keep those colds away. Researchers were able to reduce the incidence of colds in women. The study had women who were usually sedentary walk briskly for thirty- forty-five minutes a day five days a week. In a fifteen-week period the women reported half the number of sick days they had prior to their new exercise routine. 10. Saves you health care dollars. Researches in Minneapolis found that exercising and being fit reduced peoples medical bills. The participants in the study paid an additional 10 % in their annual health care costs over people who were active. Kath <mzmouser@earthlink.net> ~`* `*' `*' `* `*' `*' *' `*' *' `*' `* `*' *' `*' ~~~

Slow watering for thirsty plants. During the hottest weeks of summer tomatoes need to have a regular supply of water. If your garden is small or you don't want to bother with soaker houses you can use jug drip systems in between watering. Take several old gallon jugs put tiny pinholes in the bottom and fill with water. Keep the cap on and place in-between tomato plants. The water will slowly leak out providing a steady watering in-between rainfalls or weekly watering routines. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Catch the drips from your air conditioner. If you run an air conditioner you can use the condensation run off to water your garden or container plants. Just place a five gallon pail under the air conditioner to catch the condensation drips. The water that collects is pure.

Keeping pesky slugs off your flowers. You start your day off with vitamin C and also have an excellent way to keep slugs off of your plants. After eating a grape fruit set the grapefruit rind halves into the garden. Place them with the rind down. The slugs will be attracted to the smell and crawl up the sides o the rind only to die from the acidity of the leftover pulp and juice. When the rind has several slugs just throw it away and put a few more out. Kath <mzmouser@earthlink.net> ~`* `*' `*' `* `*' `*' *' `*' *' `*' `* `*' *' `*' ~~~

Your welcome :0) Dont you just roll your eyes at people like that? I dont want to brust thier bubble cause they may hurt themselves when they come crashing down.. Karie On Sat, 5 May 2001 09:24:35 -0700, FOLKLORE-L@rootsweb.com wrote: > LOL~! :-) Thanks Karie. I knew a guy once that "thought" he was this perfect. <LOL> :-) He thought he owed it to the human race to find a woman equally as perfect as (he thought) he was. <G> > Kath > > > YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE > > > > An extraordinarily handsome man decided he had the God-given > > responsibility to marry the perfect woman so they could produce > > children beyond comparison. > If you dont stand for something, you'll fall for anything....... _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/

Your Welcome :0) You pinch whatever you want.. :0) Karie On Sat, 5 May 2001 01:38:24 -0700, FOLKLORE-L@rootsweb.com wrote: > LOL~! Thanks Karie. :-) had to pinch this. :-) > kath > > > > > HUMAN RESOURCES HELPFUL HINTS > If you dont stand for something, you'll fall for anything....... _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/

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As recorded is his The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other verses from The Red Book Book. The Princess Mee Little Princess Mee Lovely was she As in elven-song is told; She had pearls in hair All treaded fair; of gossamer shot with gold Was her kerchief made, And a silver braid O"f stars about her throat. Of moth-web light All moonlit-white She wore a woven coat, And round her kirle Was bond a girdle Sewn with diamond dew. She walked by day Under mantle gray And Hood of clouded blue; but she went by night All glittering bright Under the starlit sky, And her slippers frail Of fishes' mail Flashed as she went by to her dancing-pool, And on mirror cool Of windless water played. As a mist of light In whirling flight A glint like glass she made Wherever her feet Of silver fleet flicked the dancing-floor. She looked on high To the roofless sky, And she looked to the shadowy shore; Then round she went, And her eyes she bent And saw beneath her go A Princess Shee As fair as Mee; They were dancing toe to toe! Shee was a light As Mee, as a bright; But Shee was,strange to tell, Hanging down With starry crown Into a bottomless well! Her gleaming eyes In great surprise Looked up top the eyes of Mee; A marvelous thing, Head down to swing Above a starry sea! Only their feet Could ever meet; For where the ways might lie To find a land Where they do not stand but hang down in the sky No one could tell Nor learn in spell In all the elven-lore. So still on her own an elf alone Dancing as before With pearls in hair And kittle fair And slippers frail Of fishes' mail went Mee; Of fishes' mail And slippers frail And kittle fair With pearls in hair went Shee!

This comes from Recipe DuJour. Where Rich got it, I haven't a clue!! Cece wrote: > I have to ask one more question. Where did you get this recipe, or do you > know its origin? >