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Help with poem
Something today triggered a line from a poem read as a
kid MANY years ago. " The puffin had a muffin, the Owl a little fowl, and Griffin for his tiffen ate the Puffin and the Owl" OK ! What is the name of the poem and where can I find the rest of it? I've done the Google and Wikepidea bit with absolutely no hits. It's things like this that bug me about gettin old. :-( Thanks for any clues. ...lew... |
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Lew Hartswick wrote:
The puffin had a muffin, the Owl a little fowl, and Griffin for his tiffen ate the Puffin and the Owl http://www.mothergoosecaboose.com/JustforFunPoems.pdf p53. Likely not it but I gave it a shot. Wes |
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Wes wrote:
Lew Hartswick wrote: The puffin had a muffin, the Owl a little fowl, and Griffin for his tiffen ate the Puffin and the Owl http://www.mothergoosecaboose.com/JustforFunPoems.pdf p53. Likely not it but I gave it a shot. Wes Sounds kinda like Ogden Nash---but I don't have his book anymore-- Jerry |
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Wes wrote:
Lew Hartswick wrote: The puffin had a muffin, the Owl a little fowl, and Griffin for his tiffen ate the Puffin and the Owl http://www.mothergoosecaboose.com/JustforFunPoems.pdf p53. Likely not it but I gave it a shot. Wes Nope not it but a lot of others I remember. :-) thanks. ...lew... |
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On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:34:27 GMT, Jerry Wass wrote:
Wes wrote: Lew Hartswick wrote: The puffin had a muffin, the Owl a little fowl, and Griffin for his tiffen ate the Puffin and the Owl http://www.mothergoosecaboose.com/JustforFunPoems.pdf Sounds kinda like Ogden Nash---but I don't have his book anymore-- Jerry Not Nash's style I don't think, something more Victorian. What context do you know what you know of it from, Wes? It's interesting that putting the words "puffin muffin griffin tiffen owl" into google gets nothing useful at all. Dave "WTF is a 'tiffen', anyway?" Hinz |
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Lew Hartswick wrote:
The puffin had a muffin, the Owl a little fowl, and Griffin for his tiffen ate the Puffin and the Owl Ah, found something: Goldstone, Bruce. The Beastly Feast, 1998. The table is all arranged for the beasts to have their feast and each creature brings a dish that rhymes. Puffins bring muffins and moose bring juice, and so on, until a plethora of animals have an assortment of delectable delicacies to choose from. from: www.njyac.org/booklists/pdf/all.pdf |
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On 9 Dec 2007 16:29:32 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:
SNIP Dave "WTF is a 'tiffen', anyway?" Hinz My Collins dictionary says it is "a light meal taken at midday." |
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Dave Hinz wrote:
Dave "WTF is a 'tiffen', anyway?" Hinz I think it's like meal you know "dinner" . ...lew... |
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On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:34:27 GMT, Jerry Wass
wrote: Wes wrote: Lew Hartswick wrote: The puffin had a muffin, the Owl a little fowl, and Griffin for his tiffen ate the Puffin and the Owl http://www.mothergoosecaboose.com/JustforFunPoems.pdf p53. Likely not it but I gave it a shot. Wes Sounds kinda like Ogden Nash---but I don't have his book anymore-- Jerry FWIW I have several (5) Ogden Nash books and I looked through all of them. No luck, nothing even close going by the titles, which are pretty descriptive. He did publish some Children's books though that I don't have and I'm not familiar with. It may have been in one of those. -- Leon Fisk Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b Remove no.spam for email |
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On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:31:15 -0700, Lew Hartswick
wrote: Something today triggered a line from a poem read as a kid MANY years ago. " The puffin had a muffin, the Owl a little fowl, and Griffin for his tiffen ate the Puffin and the Owl" OK ! What is the name of the poem and where can I find the rest of it? I've done the Google and Wikepidea bit with absolutely no hits. It's things like this that bug me about gettin old. :-( Thanks for any clues. ...lew... sounds awfully like something out of Dr Seuss. I'm sure I've read it to the kids.(20 years ago) Stealth Pilot |
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Stealth Pilot wrote:
On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:31:15 -0700, Lew Hartswick wrote: Something today triggered a line from a poem read as a kid MANY years ago. " The puffin had a muffin, the Owl a little fowl, and Griffin for his tiffen ate the Puffin and the Owl" OK ! What is the name of the poem and where can I find the rest of it? I've done the Google and Wikepidea bit with absolutely no hits. It's things like this that bug me about gettin old. :-( Thanks for any clues. ...lew... sounds awfully like something out of Dr Seuss. I'm sure I've read it to the kids.(20 years ago) Stealth Pilot No. For sure this was long before Dr Suess was published. Probably in the 40s. when I was in grade school. About the time I read Alice in Wonderland. etc. :-) ...lew... ps. I read most of Dr Suess to daughter much later. ..l.. |
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