Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: a Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of EnglandJ. Russell Smith, 1849 - 276 pages |
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... magpie . For a similar reason , the antiquity of " Here am I , little Jump- ing Joan , " may be inferred . Jumping Joan was the cant term for a lady of little reputation . The well- known riddle , " As I was going to St. Ives , " occurs ...
... magpie . For a similar reason , the antiquity of " Here am I , little Jump- ing Joan , " may be inferred . Jumping Joan was the cant term for a lady of little reputation . The well- known riddle , " As I was going to St. Ives , " occurs ...
Page 167
... magpies under certain conditions , but these vary considerably in different localities . Thus , in some counties , two bring sorrow , in others joy ; while , in some places , we are instructed that one magpie is a signal of misfortune ...
... magpies under certain conditions , but these vary considerably in different localities . Thus , in some counties , two bring sorrow , in others joy ; while , in some places , we are instructed that one magpie is a signal of misfortune ...
Page 168
... Magpie , magpie , chatter and flee , Turn up thy tail , and good luck fall me . The half - nest of the magpie is accounted for by a rural ornithological legend . Once on a time , when the world was very young , the magpie , by some ...
... Magpie , magpie , chatter and flee , Turn up thy tail , and good luck fall me . The half - nest of the magpie is accounted for by a rural ornithological legend . Once on a time , when the world was very young , the magpie , by some ...
Page 169
... magpie exhibits the effects of partial instruction by her miserably incom- plete abode . The magpie is always called Madge , and the Christian names given to birds deserve a notice . Thus we have Jack Snipe , Jenny Wren , Jack Daw , Tom ...
... magpie exhibits the effects of partial instruction by her miserably incom- plete abode . The magpie is always called Madge , and the Christian names given to birds deserve a notice . Thus we have Jack Snipe , Jenny Wren , Jack Daw , Tom ...
Page 171
... magpies . The following lines are said to be true , if crows fly towards you : One's unlucky , Two's lucky ; Three is health , Four is wealth ; Five is sickness , And six is death ! PIGEONS . Pigeons never do know woe , Till they NATURE ...
... magpies . The following lines are said to be true , if crows fly towards you : One's unlucky , Two's lucky ; Three is health , Four is wealth ; Five is sickness , And six is death ! PIGEONS . Pigeons never do know woe , Till they NATURE ...
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