Mythology & Folklore
The moon nine days old
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
The moon nine days old,
The next sign to cancer;
Pat rat without a tail;--
And now, sir, for your answer,
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles. [Cleopatra.]
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