[Ads-l] Higgly-piggly
Wilson Gray
hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Sat Dec 13 23:23:14 UTC 2014
On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Jocelyn Limpert <jocelyn.limpert at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I've always thought it was "higgeldy-piggeldy" as well.
>
Me, three. "Higgly-Piggly" is news to me.
Higgledy-piggledy
My white hen
She lays eggs
For gentlemen
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
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-Mark Twain
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