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An Old Person of Blythe
An old person who cuts up his meat with a scythe.
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Also known as Blythe
First appearance: a book of nonsense
An Old Person of Blythe shows up with force in One Hundred Nonsense Pictures and Rhymes. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Cut up his meat with a scythe and cried 'Scythes forever!'
An Old Person of Blythe first appears in 0003 a book of nonsense.
In One Hundred Nonsense Pictures and Rhymes: Cut up his meat with a scythe and cried 'Scythes forever!'
Later, in One Hundred Nonsense Pictures and Rhymes: Old person of Fife who was disgusted with life but cured by a ballad and salad.
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