Mythology & Folklore
Number number nine, this hoop's mine
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Number number nine, this hoop's mine;
Number number ten, take it back again.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Games.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Number number nine, this hoop's mine.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/304/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Number number nine, this hoop's mine.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/304/.
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