Mythology & Folklore
I went to the toad that lies under the wall
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
I went to the toad that lies under the wall,
I charmed him out, and he came at my call;
I scratch'd out the eyes of the owl before,
I tore the bat's wing, what would you have more.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Charms.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “I went to the toad that lies under the wall.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/237/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “I went to the toad that lies under the wall.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/237/.
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