Mythology & Folklore
Eggs, butter, bread
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Eggs, butter, bread,
Stick, stock, stone dead!
Stick him up, stick him down,
Stick him in the old man's crown!
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Games. [A game on the slate.]
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