Amy, where are your mountains? If you were running a dining hall for loggers or miners, you may well have ordered herring by the box. All legitimate versions are US or Canadian. In the first (1863) version the herring boxes just fit. The size of these wooden sandals is unspecified, but we know the boxes held about 200 pounds, so Clementine would have been a suitable bride for Paul Bunyan or his Blue Ox. According to this first version her ghost still walks, so if one sees her, the magnitude of these sandals may be estimated from observation....

"Sandals were for Clementine." Only lacks an article. Perfectly comprehensible. Perhaps better as "Sandalae per Clementina si, ...." in the Lehrer version at: In a cavern