The Old Woman's Complaint, or the Greek Alphabet An old woman complains to a teacher about the behaviour of his pupils. He asks: "Good Woman you are always making complaints against my Scholars, what have they done to offend you now?" She replies: "Please your Honors Worship - they followed me up and down and said to one and other - At her - beat her - damn her - pelt her -and a great deal more that I do not recollect". One of four boys standing in a group behind the old woman replies: "Indeed sir we were only repeating our Greek Alphabet, in order to get quite perfect - what the old woman heard was only Alpha - Beta - Gamma - Delta and so on to the conclusion." [15 Jan 1809]