"Mary stood a-weeping, Mary stood a-weeping, Mary stood a-weeping
"To see the Blessed Lord.
"Down come an angel, O! down come an angel, O! down come an angel, O!
"And rolled away the stone.
"It's up rose the Saviour, up rose the Saviour, up rose the Saviour
"To conquer Death and Hell.
"Tell John and Peter, tell John and Peter, tell John and Peter,
"'I'm risen from the dead!'"
A Good Wish at a Wedding.
Used by an old woman at Offley Hay, Eccleshall, July, 1885.
"I wish you
A roof to cover you, and a bed to lie,
Meat when you're hungry, and drink when you're dry,
And a place in Heaven when you come to die."
Rhyme
On an entailed estate in the parish of Eccleshall.
"While ivy is smooth and holly is rough,
There'll always be a Blest of 'The Hough.'"
Old Rhyme,
Repeated by a nursemaid from Haughton, Staffordshire, 1862.
"John Wesley's dead, that good owd mon,
We ne'er shan see 'im moor,
"'}}E used fur to weer a snŏŏff-brown coat
All bŏŏttoned ŏŏp afoor!"
Pyebirch, Eccleshall, Staffordshire.
