Mythology & Folklore
What shoe-maker makes shoes without leather
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
What shoe-maker makes shoes without leather,
With all the four elements put together?
Fire and water, earth and air;
Ev'ry customer has two pair.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles. [A horse-shoer.]
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