Mythology & Folklore
There were three sisters in a hall
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
There were three sisters in a hall,
There came a knight amongst them all;
Good morrow, aunt, to the one,
Good morrow, aunt, to the other,
Good morrow, gentlewoman, to the third,
If you were my aunt,
As the other two be,
I would say good morrow,
Then, aunts, all three.
Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles. [From MS. Sloane, 1489, fol. 16, written in the time of Charles I.]
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