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HERE was a king met a king
In a narrow lane;

Says this king to that king,

"Where have you been?"

"Oh! I've been a hunting With my dog and my doe." Pray lend him to me,

That I may do so."

"There's the dog take the dog."
"What's the dog's name?"
"I've told you already."

"Pray tell me again."

N marble walls as white as milk,

IN

Lined with a skin as soft as silk; Within a fountain crystal clear,

A golden apple doth appear.

No doors there are to this stronghold.
Yet things break in and steal the gold.

An egg.

'LOUR of England, fruit of Spain,

FLOU

Met together in a shower of rain; Put in a bag tied round with a string,

If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a ring.

HAVE a little sister, they call her Peep, Peep; She wades the waters deep, deep, deep; She climbs the mountains high, high, high; Poor little creature she has but one eye.

[A star.

H'

IGGLEDY piggledy
Here we lie,

Pick'd and pluck'd,

And put in a pie.

My first is snapping, snarling, growling,

My second's industrious, romping, and prowling.

Higgledy piggledy

Here we lie,

Pick'd and pluck'd,

And put in a pie.

[Currants

H

UMPTY DUMPTY sate on a wall;

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;

Three score men and three score more

Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.

[An egg.

HIRTY white horses upon a red hill,

TH

Now they tramp, now they champ, now they

stand still,

[Teeth and gums.

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HOMAS A TATTAMUS took two T's,
To tie two tups. to two tall trees,

To frighten the terrible Thomas a Tattamus!
Tell me how many T's there are in all THAT.

&

LD mother Twitchett had but one eye,

And a long tail which she let fly;

And every time she went over a gap,

She left a bit of her tail in a trap.

LACK we are but much admired;

BLACK we are bus till they are

Men seek for us till they are tired. We tire the horse, but comfort man; Tell me this riddle if you can.

Г Coals