Mythology & Folklore
Black within, and red without
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Black within, and red without;
Four corners round about.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles. [A Chimney.]
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Black within, and red without.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/218/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Black within, and red without.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/218/.
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