Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston, New York : Houghton Miffin Company · leaf 446
LEARNING TO SEW Will my hal)y try and sew? A hhmted needle I have got,AV^th muslin soft to run it througli. And thread thats fastened with a knot. And pencilled dots mamma has madeWhere every little stitch should go; There, push it in, l)e not afraid.But you must try to hold it so, 426 FAVOURITES… … Upon your little finger, thus, With needle pointed to your chest. You now may gently pull it through;That is the way to do it best. The thimble on this finger placed. You have not learned to use, my sweet; But gently go, be not in haste,So will you do it nice and neat. And then, by practising and…
Nursery rhymes
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