Nursery Rhyme. CCXCVII. Games.

    1. I am a gold lock.
    2. I am a gold key.
    1. I am a silver lock.
    2. I am a silver key.
    1. I am a brass lock.
    2. I am a brass key.
    1. I am a lead lock.
    2. I am a lead key.
    1. I am a monk lock.
    2. I am a monk key!

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Nursery Rhyme. LIX. Tales.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXXXVI. Riddles.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXXX. Games.

Unknown , Simple Poetry

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

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