Mythology & Folklore
There was a man who had no eyes
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
There was a man who had no eyes,
He went abroad to view the skies;
He saw a tree with apples on it,
He took no apples off, yet left no apples on it.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles. [The man had one eye, and the tree two apples upon it.]
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