The ancients, by which I mean the Greeks, set amazin' store by the yerb.

There was a kind of Athletic Sports--sort of Crystal Palace meetin'-- _the_ great event, as you might say, and attractin' to sportsmen all over Greece--" "All over what ?" "Greece.

Which is a country, missy, or, at any rate, was so.
The meeting was held every four years; and what d'ye suppose was the top prize, answerin', as you may say, to the Championship Cup?
Why, a wreath o' parsley! 'Garn!' says you.

And 'Parsley!' says you.

Which a whole wreath of it might cost fivepence at the outside.