Mythology & Folklore
As I was going o'er Tipple Tine
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
As I was going o'er Tipple Tine,
I met a flock of bonny swine;
Some green-lapp'd,
Some green-back'd;
They were the very bonniest swine
That e'er went over Tipple Tine.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles. [A swarm of bees.]
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