Posted by Alan Hakim on June 04, 2006 at 17:52:20 from 212.137.200.180 user awhakim.
In Reply to: Swallowdale - Dixon-speak posted by PeterH on June 04, 2006 at 09:06:33:
There is a verse in the Christmas carol "Unto us a son is born", still sung every year:
This did Herod sore affray
And grievously bewilder,
So he gave the word to slay
And slew the little childer.
Archaic, maybe, but still in current though restricted usage.