Kind sir, if the truth I must tell, At the sign of Basin of… - Joseph Jacobs

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Kind sir, if the truth I must tell,
At the sign of Basin of Water I dwell.

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Joseph Jacobs (29 August 1854 - 30 January 1916) was an Australian born folklorist who published books on English and Celtic fairy tales.

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Well, he [the wolf] huffed, and he puffed, and he puffed, and he puffed and he puffed and huffed; but he could not get the house down.

...he must need wish in a hurry; and wish he did, that the black pudding may come off his nose.

Who says that English folk have no fairy-tales of their own?

Kind sir, if the truth I must tell, At the sign of Basin of Water I dwell. - Joseph Jacobs

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