Mythology & Folklore
Purple, yellow, red, and green
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Purple, yellow, red, and green,
The king cannot reach it nor the queen;
Nor can old Noll, whose power's so great:
Tell me this riddle while I count eight.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Purple, yellow, red, and green.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/215/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Purple, yellow, red, and green.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/215/.
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