Mythology & Folklore
May my geese fly over your barn?"
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
"May my geese fly over your barn?"
"Fly over his barn and eat all his corn."
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Games. [Two children sit opposite to each other; the first turns her fingers one over the other, and says:]
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