Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 · Boston : Hall and Locks · leaf 89
o her the desire ofthe plowman and his wife to have a son the size of his fathers thumb. The queenof the fairies liked the planand declared that their wishshould be granted. Accord-^ ingly the plowmans wife hada son who was just as tallas his fathers thumb. The queen of the fairiescame in at the… … An oak leaf hat lie had for his crown,His shirt it was by spiders spun;With doublet wove of thistles down,His trousers up with points were done.His stockings, of apple rind, they tieWith eyelash plucked from his mothers eye,His shoes were made of a mouses skin,Nicely tanned with the hair within.…
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