Marum
If you set it,
The cats will eat it;
If you sow it,
The cats will know it.
Bird-Shooer’s Song
Awa’, birds, awa’,
Take a peck
And leave a seck,
And come no more to day!
This is the universal bird-shooer’s song in the midland counties.
The Gnat
In the eastern counties of England, and perhaps in other parts of the country, children chant the following lines when they are pursuing this insect:
Gnat, gnat, fly into my hat,
And I’ll give you a slice of bacon!