Famous quotes containing the words jolly jankin, unknown, jolly and/or jankin:
“As I went on Yule day
In our procession,
Knew I jolly Jankin
By his merry tone—
Kyrie eleison.”
—Unknown. Jolly Jankin (l. Chorus.)
“I was a closet pacifier advocate. So were most of my friends. Unknown to our mothers, we owned thirty or forty of those little suckers that were placed strategically around the house so a cry could be silenced in less than thirty seconds. Even though bottles were boiled, rooms disinfected, and germs fought one on one, no one seemed to care where the pacifier had been.”
—Erma Bombeck (20th century)
“A black pall, you know, with a silver cross on it, or R.I.P.—requiescat in pace—you know. That seems to me the most beautiful expression—I like it much better than ‘He is a jolly good fellow,’ which is simply rowdy.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)
“As I went on Yule day
In our procession,
Knew I jolly Jankin
By his merry tone—
Kyrie eleison.”
—Unknown. Jolly Jankin (l. Chorus.)