"One if by Land, Two if by Sea;
I, on the opposite Shore will be!"

Any idea from Whence Cometh said Quote?

Perhaps another Hint?

"T'was the Eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five,
and hardly a man is now Alive,
that remembers that Famous Day and Year!"

Did you get it yet? if not, here is the LINK -

http://www.nationalcenter.org/PaulRevere'sRide.html

Go and read it all - see what you THINK!

By sheer coincidence, after reading it just now -
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow used two words therein - ROOFS and HOOFS - uncanny?

"Listen my children and you shall hear,
of the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere ... "

A Truly Great Tribute to a Truly Great Patriot!

I wonder if that Bloody Brit, ANDY - ever read this?

"Touche, Monseigneur Pussycat!"

MORE WORD FUN 3

© - 4-08 - TOM HYLAND


PLURALS

How come Hoof becomes Hooves,
But Roof is not Rooves?
Half becomes Halves,
And Calf becomes Calves,
Yet there is no Valf for Valves?

I and E

“I before E, except after C, as in Receive,
Or when followed by G, as in Weigh.”
NOTE: Exception is SIEGE!

Fife is a Musical Instrument,
Kind of like a Flute -
And Fief is a Feudal Land,
Farmed by a Serf - an Enslaved Galoot!

A Thief is one who Steals,
Robs, or Thieves,
While Grief is a Sadness,
Expressed by one who Grieves!

A Chief is a Leader,
One who Achieves,
Top Billing from Injuns,
Those who Believe!

Belief is a Feeling of Certainty,
An Expression of Faith,
While a young cow is a Heifer,
Who’s never had a Calf!

A Guy Name of Sutherland,
Has a Moniker of Kiefer,
And Old AD Ed Matlack,
Prefers Cannabis, or Reefer!

An Archaic Adverb - Lief -
Means Readily or without Reluctance,
While Liege is a Sovereign -
Demanding Service and Sustenance!

For Aches and Pain -
How do you spell Relief?
Just Pop some Pills,
Doing so with Lief!

So - does that mean That
Re-lief is Re-doing Lief?
Kind of like a Second Act?
Is this Fiction, or a Fact?

Lieu means in Place or Stead Of,
So, a Lieutenant is One
Who Acts as an Assistant To,
Or in Place Of!

So, How do I end this, let’s See -
Consider the Abbreviation - i.e.
It stands for the Latin, id est -
“That is to Say” - Thus ends our Word-Play!


© - TKH