Nature
Jack Sprat
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Nature
Jack Sprat
Had a cat,
It had but one ear;
It went to buy butter,
When butter was dear.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Natural History.
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