Mythology & Folklore
Lives in winter
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Lives in winter,
Dies in summer,
And grows with its root upwards!
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles. [An Icicle.]
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