 | 1888 - 916 str.
...at random the first that occurs to me is the famous TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN." " Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home ; Taffy came to my house and stole a... | |
 | James John Hissey - 1891 - 474 str.
...confess that we could not. " Don't you know the old rhyme ? " he said, — " Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house And stole...a leg of beef : I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was from home ; Taffy came to my house And stole a shoulder bone ! That's it in carving." Very possibly;... | |
 | John Gay - 1893 - 384 str.
...115-120). By ' Taffy Webb/ Gay no doubt meant the nursery rhyme commencing : Taffy was a Welshman. Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house And stole a leg of beet 1 Sawney Scot ' is one of Tom D'Urfey's songs, the music for whicb was composed by Farmer. It... | |
 | William Allingham - 1893 - 280 str.
...murderous Welsh. No doubt Shrewsbury nurses and children knew well the ditty : Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief ; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef ; I went to Taffy's house — he was not at home ; (which was indeed the usual state... | |
 | Karl Emil Reinle - 1894 - 102 str.
...Kinderreimen von Rolland, bei Maisonneuve et Cie. Paris erschienen, pag. 243. 27) Taffy was a Welshman; Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef. etc. Nels pag. 25. 28) E la mama e na sassina, 64 e lui mi conta tute le ore e non mi... | |
 | 1895 - 268 str.
...bone may by some be thought to prove the antiquity of the familiar couplet, ' Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef Then we have a couple of sturdy boat-builders, one of whom, having laid aside his adze,... | |
 | 1896 - 416 str.
...ignorant of border warfare for a like purpose. We all know the ditty : — " Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, And stole a piece of beef." Here very likely we have a reference to cattle-lifting. But it must not be supposed... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1897 - 320 str.
...Fought for a pie ; Punch gave Judy A sad blow on the eye. j F. tt'arnt & C«. TAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef: I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home ; Taffy came to my house and stole a... | |
 | Frank R. Stockton - 1898 - 374 str.
...the intimate connection between Welshmen, thievery, and marrow-bones ; for " Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house And stole a leg of beef. "I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't home, Taffy went to my house, And stole a marrow-bone." What happened to Taffy we do not know,... | |
 | Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society - 1901 - 444 str.
...taking place and of which the memory is still preserved in the nursery rhyme — " Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house and stole...a leg of beef ; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed," etc. Then, also, much could be said about the great land-owners among whom the county was... | |
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TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef. 
