Christmas Is Coming (Version 1)

Christmas is coming,
The goose is getting fat
Please put a penny in the old man’s hat
If you haven’t got a penny,
A ha’penny will do
If you haven’t got a ha’penny,
A farthing will do
If you haven’t got a farthing then
God bless you!

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  • bibalu says:
    December 12, 2009 at 10:31 AM

    Farthing is an old word meaning a fourth or a quarter. In modern usage it could refer to:

    - Farthing (British coin), an old British coin valued one quarter of a penny
    - Farthing (Irish coin), its counterpart among the predecimal Irish coins
    - Farthing, an old subdivision of various regions into four parts in northern Europe, mainly the English county of Gloucestershire, the Swedish province of Jämtland and the republic of Iceland. J. R. R. Tolkien also used the term for the subdivisions of his fictional country, the Shire
    - Farthing (novel), a novel written by Jo Walton
    - The Animals of Farthing Wood, the first of a series of children’s books written by Colin Dann
    - Farthing, used in the King James Version of the Bible to translate κοδράντης (kodrantes, quadrans), a Roman coin.

    (from Wikipedia)

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