A Boy's Composition—The Frog
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Title
A Boy's Composition—The Frog
Subject
Frogs, Ireland
Creator
Unknown
Source
http://addison.vt.edu/record=b1775388~S1
Publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Date
March 1876
Contributor
Katie Garahan, Alexis Priestley
Rights
Permission to publish images from The Gray Jacket must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Format
Text
Language
English
Type
Short Story
Identifier
LD5655.V8 L4, ser.1, v.1, no.6 (Mar. 1876), p.1
Coverage
Blacksburg, VA
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Text
The Frog is a well-known amphibius animal.
The Frog lays eggs in the ponds in the spring;
the warm sun hatches them out into Tad-poles.
As they grow they loose their tails, and turn to
Frogs. Did you ever see a Tad-pole turning to a
Frog? If you do want to see it, go to a Bog.
There are several kinds of Frogs, Toad Frogs,
Tree Frogs and Bull Frogs.
The Toad Frogs catch Flies and Lightning Bugs.
They have a long Tongue, and it pops out like a
streak of lightning, and licks up a Fly before you
can say scat.
The Tree Frogs live on the Trees, and you can
hear them hollow for Rain. The Bull Frogs set on
the Bank of the River or Pond and hollow, "Jug
of Rum" "Jug of Rum."
An Irishman was once passing a pond with a jug
of whiskey, and an old Frog was hollowing "Jug
of Rum," "Jug of Rum." The Irishman thought
he was hollowing at him, and he told the Frog he
was a liar, it was whiskey, but the Frog kept on
singing, and the Irishman threw in his Jug of whis-
key, and told the Frog to taste it and see if it was
not whiskey.
The Frog lays eggs in the ponds in the spring;
the warm sun hatches them out into Tad-poles.
As they grow they loose their tails, and turn to
Frogs. Did you ever see a Tad-pole turning to a
Frog? If you do want to see it, go to a Bog.
There are several kinds of Frogs, Toad Frogs,
Tree Frogs and Bull Frogs.
The Toad Frogs catch Flies and Lightning Bugs.
They have a long Tongue, and it pops out like a
streak of lightning, and licks up a Fly before you
can say scat.
The Tree Frogs live on the Trees, and you can
hear them hollow for Rain. The Bull Frogs set on
the Bank of the River or Pond and hollow, "Jug
of Rum" "Jug of Rum."
An Irishman was once passing a pond with a jug
of whiskey, and an old Frog was hollowing "Jug
of Rum," "Jug of Rum." The Irishman thought
he was hollowing at him, and he told the Frog he
was a liar, it was whiskey, but the Frog kept on
singing, and the Irishman threw in his Jug of whis-
key, and told the Frog to taste it and see if it was
not whiskey.