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Story 157
Zilch
When the farmer is away,
The cat will play,
1
And filch milk
From the farmer's milch cow ,
Leaving zilch
2
For baby in pilch and Momma Sow
1. Filch means to steal
2. Pilch is an infant’s protective garment worn over a diaper.
Story 158
Gilded
The church guild has willed not to rebuild, but to have the churches
cracks filled, and to give their statues a lustrous gild.
This will make the bishop thrill, for his till will remain filled to the gill!
