. The nursery rhymes of England . iGHTY, tighty, paradighty clothed in green,The king could not read it, no more could the queen; They sent for a wise man out of the said it had horns, but was not a beast! ccxxxi. SEE, see ! what shall I see? A horses head where his tail should be. CCXXXII. [A fiie-bram! with on it.] As 1 was going oer London Bridge, And peepd through a nick,I snw four and twenty ladieso- on a stick ! 134 RIDDLES. CCXXXTTI. [An Icicle.] LIVES in winter,Dies in summer,And grows with its root upwards! ccxxxiv. WHEN I went np sandy hill, I met a sandy boy ; I cut
. The nursery rhymes of England . iGHTY, tighty, paradighty clothed in green,The king could not read it, no more could the queen; They sent for a wise man out of the said it had horns, but was not a beast! ccxxxi. SEE, see ! what shall I see? A horses head where his tail should be. CCXXXII. [A fiie-bram! with on it.] As 1 was going oer London Bridge, And peepd through a nick,I snw four and twenty ladieso- on a stick ! 134 RIDDLES. CCXXXTTI. [An Icicle.] LIVES in winter,Dies in summer,And grows with its root upwards! ccxxxiv. WHEN I went np sandy hill, I met a sandy boy ; I cut his throat, I sucked his blood, And left his skin a hanging-o. ecxxxv. I HAD a little castle upon the sea-side,One half was water, the other was land;I opend my little castle door, and guess what I found; I found a fair lady with a cup in her cup was gold, filled with wine;Drink, fair lady, and thou shalt be mine! ecxxxv i. OLD father Graybcard,Without tooth or tongue; If youll give me your finger,Ill give you my i ^ £ -/$ EIGHTH CLASS—CHARMS. CCXXXVII. cow bonny, let down thy milk,! And I will give thee a gown of silk :A gown of silk and a silver tee,If thou wilt let down thy milk to me. CCXXXVIII. [Said to pips placed in the fire; a species of divination practised hychildren.] IF you love me, pop and fly;If you hate me, lay and die. 16 136 CHARMS. CCXXXIX. [The following, with a very slight variation, is found in Ben JonsonsMasque of Queens, anil it is singular to account for its introduction intothe modern nursery.] 1 WENT to the toad that lies under the wall,I charmed him out, and he came at my call;I scratched out the eyes of the owl before,I tore the bats wing, what would you havemore. CCXL. [A charm somewhat similar to the following may he seen in the TwnleyMysteries,p. 91. See a paper in the Archseologia,vol. xxTii, p 053, bytlie Rev. Lancelot Sharps, See also MS. Lansu. 231, fol. Ill, and Ady3•Candle in the Dark, 4to, London, 1650, p. 58.] M
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