Nursery Rhyme. CCCI. Games.

        [This should be accompanied by a kind of pantomimic dance, in which the motions of the body and arms express the process of weaving; the motion of the shuttle, & c.]

    Weave the diaper tick-a-tick tick,
    Weave the diaper tick -
    Come this way, come that
    As close as a mat,
    Athwart and across, up and down, round about,
    And forwards, and backwards, and inside, and out;
    Weave the diaper thick-a-thick thick,
    Weave the diaper thick!

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Nursery Rhyme. LII. Tales.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXXXI. Riddles.

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Nursery Rhyme. CLXXXIV. Riddles.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXIII. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. DCXXXII. Relics.

    I can weave diaper thick, thick, thick,
    And I can weave diaper thin,
    I can weave diaper out of doors
    And I can weave diaper in.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXXXIX. Games.

        [An exercise during which the fingers of the child are enumerated.]

    Thumbikin, Thumbikin, broke the barn,
    Pinnikin, Pinnikin, stole the corn.
    Long back'd Gray
    Carried it away.
    Old Mid-man sat and saw,
    But Peesy-weesy paid for a'.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXLVIII. Games.

        [A game-rhyme.]

    Trip and go, heave and hoe,
    Up and down, to and fro;
    From the town to the grove
    Two and two let us rove,
    A-maying, a-playing;
    Love hath no gainsaying;
    So merrily trip and go,
    So merrily trip and go!

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXXXVIII. Games.

        [A play with the face. The child exclaims:]

    Ring the bell!            giving a lock of its hair a pull.
    Knock at the door!    tapping its forehead.
    Draw the latch!            pulling up its nose.
    And walk in!                opening its mouth and putting in its finger.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCLXXXVII. Games.

        [A string of children, hand in hand, stand in a row. A child (A) stands in front of them, as leader; two other children (B and C) form an arch, each holding both the hands of the other.]

    A.    Draw a pail of water,
            For my lady's daughter;
            My father's a king, and my mother's a queen,
            My two little sisters are dress'd in green,
            Stamping grass and parsley,
            Marigold leaves and daisies.
    B.    One rush, two rush,
            Pray thee, fine lady, come under my bush.

        [A passes by under the arch, followed by the whole string of children, the last of whom is taken captive by B and C. The verses are repeated, until all are taken.]

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXXIII. Games.

    This is the key of the kingdom.
    In that kingdom there is a city.
    In that city there is a town.
    In that town there is a street.
    In that street there is a lane.
    In that lane there is a yard.
    In that yard there is a house.
    In that house there is a room.
    In that room there is a bed.
    On that bed there is a basket.
    In that basket there are some flowers.
    Flowers in the basket, basket in the bed, bed in the room, & c. & c.

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