Mythology & Folklore
A riddle, a riddle, as I suppose
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
A riddle, a riddle, as I suppose,
A hundred eyes, and never a nose.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles. [A Cinder-sifter.]
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