Mythology & Folklore
Thumbikin, Thumbikin, broke the barn
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Thumbikin, Thumbikin, broke the barn,
Pinnikin, Pinnikin, stole the corn.
Long back'd Gray
Carried it away.
Old Mid-man sat and saw,
But Peesy-weesy paid for a'.
Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Games. [An exercise during which the fingers of the child are enumerated.]
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Thumbikin, Thumbikin, broke the barn.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/335/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Thumbikin, Thumbikin, broke the barn.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/335/.
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