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Nursery Rhyme. XXXIII. Literal

        1, 2, 3, 4, 5!
I caught a hare alive;
6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
I let her go again.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXXIV. Riddles.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXLVI. Love And Matrimony.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXXXVIII. Charms.

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Nursery Rhyme. XXXIV. Literal

    Great A, little a,
Bouncing B!
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Nursery Rhyme. XXXI. Literal

    A, B, C, tumble down D,
The cat's in the cupboard and can't see me.

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Nursery Rhyme. XL. Literal

    One, two,
Buckle my shoe;
Three, four,
Shut the door;
Five, six,
Pick up sticks;
Seven, eight,
Lay them straight;
Nine, ten,
A good fat hen;
Eleven, twelve,
Who will delve?
Thirteen, fourteen,
Maids a courting;
Fifteen, sixteen,
Maids a kissing;
Seventeen, eighteen,
Maids a waiting;
Nineteen, twenty,
My stomach's empty.

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Nursery Rhyme. XXXIX. Literal

    Miss one, two, and three could never agree,
While they gossiped round a tea-caddy.

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Nursery Rhyme. XXXVII. Literal

    Hickery, dickery, 6 and 7,
Alabone Crackabone 10 and 11,
Spin span muskidan;
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Nursery Rhyme. CXCI. Riddles.

    Ten and ten and twice eleven,
Take out six and put in seven;
Go to the green and fetch eighteen,
And drop one a coming.

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