Living
Three straws on a staff
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Living
Three straws on a staff,
Would make a baby cry and laugh.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Proverbs.
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