Arts & Sciences
If ifs and ands
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Arts & Sciences
If ifs and ands,
Were pots and pans,
There would be no need for tinkers!
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Scholastic. [A laconic reply to a person who indulges much in supposition.]
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