polity-gollity-gominy

Updated: July 21, 2025

"There, take your Polity-gollity-gominy, your devil's book!" she cried, flinging the book at his head with much energy. It merely touched his forehead on one side and fell to the ground. "Go on," she cried; "I know you are going to talk to yourself. People who talk to themselves always talk to the devil. Go and tell him all about it. Go, go! run!" cried Tant Sannie.

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