Mythology & Folklore
Ten and ten and twice eleven
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
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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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Ten and ten and twice eleven.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/189/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Ten and ten and twice eleven.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/189/.
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