human
Cut them on Monday, before your fast you break, And you'll have a present in less than a week.
gpt
Gifts on the thumb are sure to come, But gifts on the finger are sure to linger.
human
A gift, a friend, a foe, a true lover, a journey to go. Should the little ones, when picking flowers, sting themselves with nettles, they are of course in this locality, as elsewhere in England, taught to rub the spot with dock-leaves, repeating the words,
gpt
In dock, out nettle; but they are often told in addition to wet the place affected with their spittle, and make a cross over it with their thumb-nails, pressed down as heavily as possible. School-boys and school-girls often years ago practised a cruel jest on their more innocent companions. They induced them to pick a nettle by saying
human
Nettles won't sting this month. When the children were stung and complained, the retort was,
gpt
I never said they would not sting you.