Do we say ho or hoe

ho 1685 occurrences

" "Oh, ho, ho!"

" "Oh, ho, ho!"

The swine-herd, Ho-ti, having gone out into the woods one morning, as his manner was, to collect mast for his hogs, left his cottage in the care of his eldest son Bo-bo, a great lubberly boy, who being fond of playing with fire, as younkers of his age commonly are, let some sparks escape into a bundle of straw, which kindling quickly, spread the conflagration over every part of their poor mansion, till it was reduced to ashes.

" The ears of Ho-ti tingled with horror.

Bo-bo, whose scent was wonderfully sharpened since moming, soon raked out another pig, and fairly rending it asunder, thrust the lesser half by main force into the fists of Ho-ti, still shouting out "Eat, eat, eat the burnt pig, father, only tasteO Lord,"with such like barbarous ejaculations, cramming all the while as if he would choke.

Ho-ti trembled every joint while he grasped the abominable thing, wavering whether he should not put his son to death for an unnatural young monster, when the crackling scorching his fingers, as it had done his son's, and applying the same remedy to them, he in his turn tasted some of its flavour, which, make what sour mouths he would for a pretence, proved not altogether displeasing to him.

It was observed that Ho-ti's cottage was burnt down now more frequently than ever.

As often as the sow farrowed, so sure was the house of Ho-ti to be in a blaze; and Ho-ti himself, which was the more remarkable, instead of chastising his son, seemed to grow more indulgent to him than ever.

As often as the sow farrowed, so sure was the house of Ho-ti to be in a blaze; and Ho-ti himself, which was the more remarkable, instead of chastising his son, seemed to grow more indulgent to him than ever.

Ha!sometimes deepening to Ho!

You see, I've got my savings" "Ho! ho!"

You see, I've got my savings" "Ho! ho!"

Such a glance, no doubt, Columbus caught from his lieutenants at the cry of "Land Ho!" Rushford, leaning over the desk, watching the confusion with an amusement which had banished every trace of ennui, felt his arm touched.

"Ho, yes, walrus h'ivory a-plenty, them 'eathen 'ave got.

"Ho, well," he grinned, then.

(See WESTWARD Ho!).

"The Country Colony""Wasteward ho!" XIII.

"THE COUNTRY COLONY""WASTEWARD HO!"

"Ho, is there?" he said, grimly, as he removed his coat and proceeded to roll up his shirt-sleeves.

"Hai'-yah ho!" cried Old Man, after he had tasted a piece.

and, moreover, Ho!

and likewise Ho!

"Ho-oh!" breathed the two women, "he's getting all the promotion he wants, right now!"

Bill shouted the school yell and the class year: "Umpah, umpah, ho, ho; it's up to you, Fairview, 1922!"

Bill shouted the school yell and the class year: "Umpah, umpah, ho, ho; it's up to you, Fairview, 1922!"

hoe 440 occurrences

A gardener's house, made of blocks, ornaments one corner, and near it are his tools,watering-pot, hoe, rake, spade, etc., all made in cardboard modeling.

On Monday, June 4, we all went to Luton-Hoe, to see Lord Bute's magnificent seat, for which I had obtained a ticket.

But aside from this function of protecting people, there must be a social prevention, and since those malarial insects can live only in swampy districts, it is necessary to bring to those unreclaimed lands the blessing of the hoe and plow, in order to remove the cause and do away with the effects.

Somewhere on every farm, along with the other implements, there should be a row of good books, which should not be allowed to rust with disuse: a book, like a hoe, grows brighter with employment.

THE PHEASANT-HEN But when you sing by day? CHANTECLER I am practising, or else promising the ploughshare, the hoe, the harrow, the scythe, not to neglect my duty of waking them.

And I will dwell in the farmyard beside the ploughshare and the hoe!

The bolo or long-knife, a basket, and hoe, complete the list of implements, and answer all the purposes of our spades, etc.

After two years in Ohio and Canada he returned to the old plantation in Georgia, where he was welcomed with a command to take up the hoe.

The hoe is the instrument to be used on this occasion, and then the plough; the latter operation is repeated twice; two double ploughings are the death of weeds, and the life of the plants; the first takes place when the corn is from six to eight inches high, and the second, about the middle of July, or earlier, when the plants are about a foot and a half high, or from that to two feet.

Papa made a crop with a hoe.

He made three bales of cotton and about twelve loads of corn with that hoe.

I'd sweep and rake and cook and wash the dishes, card, spin, hoe, scour the floors and tables.

When I have, it has been to fight with him; he would come in with a hoe or a rake or a spade in his hand, and find me with a broom, a shovel, or a pair of tongs in mine, and without a word we would pitch in and have an encounter.

The old man resumed his work, but was so feeble that he in vain endeavored to use his hoe, and the overseer struck him to the ground with the butt end of his whip.

Mike instinctively dropped his hoe and sprang to lift the old man to his feet.

In an instant Harry sprang forward, armed with his hoe; the overseer seeing him coming, retreated a step or two, drew his pistol from his belt and firedthe ball flew close to Harry's ear, and the latter, whirling his hoe round his head, brought it down with his full strength upon that of the overseer; the man fell in his tracks as if smitten with lightning.

In an instant Harry sprang forward, armed with his hoe; the overseer seeing him coming, retreated a step or two, drew his pistol from his belt and firedthe ball flew close to Harry's ear, and the latter, whirling his hoe round his head, brought it down with his full strength upon that of the overseer; the man fell in his tracks as if smitten with lightning.

" At the first words of the speaker Harry Furness had started, and dropped his hoe; without, however, looking round, he picked it up and applied himself to his work.

I pick and hoe cotton.

Ah went behin' him er many er day wid de hoe

Plow culture and hoe culture: a study in contrasts.

But that he is exceedingly healthy, strong, and good at the hoe, the whole neighborhood can testify, and particularly Mr. Johnson and his son, who have both had him under them as foreman of the gang; which gives me reason to hope that he may with your good management sell well, if kept clean and trim'd up a little when offered for sale.

Now the merchant's son had told his master that his name was Ujar: one day his master said "Ujar, go and hoe that sugar cane and look sharp about it."

When the master saw his fine crop destroyed he was very angry and called the villagers to punish Ujar, but when they questioned him, Ujar protested that he was bound to obey his master's orders; he had been ordered to hoe the sugar cane, not the ground, and he had done as he was told, and so they had to let him off.

But that he is exceeding healthy, strong, and good at the hoe, the whole neighborhood can testify, and particularly Mr. Johnson and his son, who have both had him under them as foreman of the gang; which gives me reason to hope he may with your good management sell well, if kept clean and trim'd up a little when offered for sale.

Do we say   ho   or  hoe