Mythology & Folklore
If a man who turnips cries
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
If a man who turnips cries
Cries not when his father dies,
It is a proof that he would rather
Have a turnip than his father.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Paradoxes.
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