Nursery Rhyme. CCXXII. Riddles.

        [A Hedgehog.]

    As I went over Lincoln bridge
    I met mister Rusticap;
    Pins and needles on his back,
    A going to Thorney fair.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXCVII. Lullabies.

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        [Currants.]

    Higgledy piggledy
        Here we lie,
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