frogpipes

Updated: July 31, 2026

In another recent piece, we are told that a 'procession of nuns, dressed in white, sing a lay at midnight. In the intervals, a chorus of frogs in the neighboring swamp croak the refrain in unison. Sax, the great brass-founder, who made the Last Trumpets for the 'Wandering Jew, and the instruments for the Band of the Guides, is engaged upon the frogpipes required.

Various - The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 : Devoted To Literature And National Policy