The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #109382 Message #3370664
Posted By: ChrisJBrady
02-Jul-12 - 07:59 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: To the woods, to the woods!/The Whip!
Subject: RE: Folklore: To the woods, to the woods!
I heard this at a YHA tramping weekend in the 1960s - for some reason I still remember it:
Little girl reciting Shakespeare: I know a bank where the wild thyme grows ...
Teacher: To the woods!!
Now in 2012 I know that it comes from a long line of similar jokes. But where does "to the woods" come from? What was the original joke?