Nursery Rhyme. CCCLIX. Games.

        [The following lines are said by the nurse when moving the child's foot up and down.]

    The dog of the kill,[*]
    He went to the mill
        To lick mill-dust:
    The miller he came
    With a stick on his back, -
        Home, dog, home!
    The foot behind,
        The foot before:
    When he came to a stile,
        Thus he jumped o'er.

        [Footnote *: That is, kiln.]

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