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Thread #11096 Message #2388259
Posted By: GUEST,Many Latin forms for three blind mice...
14-Jul-08 - 05:43 AM
Thread Name: Tres mures
Subject: RE: Tres mures
The one you were looking for is probably: Tres mures! tres mures! ecce currunt! ecce currunt! sequuntur agricolae feminam caudas ea desecuit cultro mirabile spectaculum visu trium murium!
The one I was taught at school is: Tres mures, tres mures caeci currunt, caeci currunt sequuntur agricolae uxorem quae caudus secuit cultra rem vidistis mirabiliorem quam hos mures?
The second one has the mice blind (as in the English rhyme while the first does not. Also the second one scans better for singing...)