...betters. TELL. Read ! Well, I'll let you know I know my letters. SONG (TELL.) (TuNE — Derry down.) A, was an Archer, who shot at a frog, B, was a Butcher, who went the whole hog. C, the Contempt that B brought on his place, D, the Defiance A hurl'd in his face....

...betters. TELL. Read ! Well, I'll let you know I know my letters. SONG (TELL.) (TUNE — Derry down.') A, was an Archer, who shot at a frog, B, was a Butcher, who went the whole hog. C, the Contempt that B brought on his place, D, the Defiance A hurl'd in his face....

..."A is an Angel who sings the Lord's praise, B is the Bible which shows us His ways," •we had — " A was an Archer, who shot at a frog, B was a Butcher who had a great dog ; C is a Captain all covered with lace, D is a Drunkard, with a jolly red face." The pictures...

...tried to get his "Alphabet of the Bar," suggested by the well-known lay of our nursery : — "A was nn archer, who shot at a frog, B was a butcher, who had a big dog," to. but all I could gather was the reference to his own name and that of MacNally, who, in his time,...

...scraps of it to play at " glovey " with, telling them stories, or, for educational purposes, reciting " A was an archer, who shot at a frog ; B was a butcher, who had a fierce dog," etc., and teaching them to chant the multiplication table. At dinner grandfather had more...

...LESSON VIII. LESSON IX. qwiil. wh/p. PICTURE ALPHABETS. The ordinary picture alphabet, such as — "A was an archer who shot at a frog ; B was a butcher who had a big dog," etc., is a pleasing device to teach the letters by means of agreeable associations. A child looking...

...explain the object and mode of such renamings. ' Such as the familiar rhymed alphabet which begins — A was an Archer, who shot at a frog ; B was a Butcher, who had a great dog. It may be admitted that the objection urged by Professor Lagarde and Mr. Poole might have...

...when we learned our letters, we had blocks on which were very large capitals and then such legends as, "A was an Archer who Shot at a Frog; B was a Butcher who Had a fine Dog;" "C was a Cutler; " " D was a Dustman; " and so on. In the same way it was necessary for...

...is therefore based on a false alphabets . assumption, as also were the old picture alphabets, like A was an archer who shot at a frog, B was a butcher who kept a big dog. Still, these were not altogether useless when the child had thoroughly committed the...

...earlier, some Venetian publishers began to ornament their books with initials designed on the plan of the rhymes, "A was an Archer who shot at a frog, B was a Butcher who had a great dog," so dear to our childhood. In books on sacred subjects, A might show Abraham sacrificing...