Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 373
When drinking, do not stare around,Nor make a harsh and gnrghng sound.And often drinking, do not seek.Fill not your mouth before you speak. SCHOOL OF GOOD MANNERS 355 … Use not a tooth-pick to be seen;But hold your napkin for a screen.And wipe your mouth before you drink,And afterwards — and never thinkTo grumble if you are refusedSome dainty dish by others used.Gnaw not the bones, nor tear the meat,But take a knife and scrape them neat.When you have dined, your…
Nursery rhymes
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