Quarter farthing have a purchasing power of between 3p and 4p (£0.03 to £0.04). Quarter farthing The British quarter farthing (d) coin was a unit of currency equaling one sixteenth of a penny ( of a pound sterling). It was produced for circulation in Ceylon in various years between 1839 and 1853, with proof coins being produced in 1868. It is the smallest denomination of pound sterling coin ever minted. The coin is considered to be part of British coinage because it has no indication of what country it was minted for, being made in the same style as the contemporary half-farthing
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly of the song was released on Brunswick Records in 1953, where it was sung by Burl Ives. Ives' rendition appears on his album, "Folk Songs, Dramatic and Humorous"—which debuted in late summer, 1953. The 1961 illustrated book by Rose Bonne also indicates that the lyrics are hers, whereas the music was composed by Alan Mills. The following is one form of the lyrics, that are representative of the nature of this cumulative lyric: There was an old lady who swallowed a fly; There was an old lady who swallowed a spider; <br>That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her! There