Mythology & Folklore
Pancakes and fritters
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Pancakes and fritters,
Say All Saints and St. Peters;
When will the ball come,
Say the bells of St. Alkmun;
At two they will throw,
Says Saint Werabo;
O! very well,
Says little Michel.
Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Songs. [Song on the bells of Derby on foot-ball morning, a custom now discontinued:]
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