Mythology & Folklore
Twelve pears hanging high
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Twelve pears hanging high,
Twelve knights riding by;
Each knight took a pear,
And yet left eleven there!
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles.
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