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1. ^ "Nursery Rhymes". Oxford University Press. 9 December 2017.
2. ^ A. Fox, Oral and Literate Culture in England, 1500–1700 (Oxford University Press, 2000), p. 202.
3. ^ Carpenter & Prichard 1984, p. 383 … See more