Mythology & Folklore
Highty, tighty, paradighty clothed in green
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Highty, tighty, paradighty clothed in green,
The king could not read it, no more could the queen;
They sent for a wise man out of the East,
Who said it had horns, but was not a beast!
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles. [The Holly Tree.]
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