Mythology & Folklore
My mother and your mother
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
My mother and your mother
Went over the way;
Said my mother to your mother,
It's chop-a-nose day!
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Games. [The following lines are repeated by the nurse when sliding her hand down the child's face.]
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “My mother and your mother.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/356/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “My mother and your mother.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/356/.
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