Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 265
r to the kneadingwife, and he got bonnach from the kneading wife to thebarn gillie, wisp from the barn gillie to the cow, milk fromthe cow to the cat, cat to hunt mouse, mouse to scrape 246 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY butter, butter to feet of dog, dog to run deer, deer to swimwater, water to w^et… … PUSS IN BOOTS Puss, like the heroes of the human race,Claims on our title-page the foremost placeAnd trusts his portrait may his readers winFor more particulars to look within. 248 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY II The weary old miller lay dead in his grave; And he left his three sons all the wealth he…
Nursery rhymes
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