Wooden Sticks

Famous quotes containing the words wooden and/or sticks:

    “Hard labor and spare diet they had, and off wooden trenchers, but they had peace and freedom, and the wailing of the tempest in the woods sounded kindlier in their ear than the smooth voice of the prelates, at home, in England.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Pancakes and fritters,
    Say the bells of St. Peter’s.
    Two sticks and an apple,
    Say the bells of Whitechapel.

    Kettles and pans,
    Say the bells of St. Ann’s.”
    —Unknown. The Bells of London (l. 7–12)