The Little Mother Goose

TheLittle Mother Goose

With numerous illustrations in full color and black and white By

JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH

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[The following is a game played as follows: A string of boys and girls, each holding by his predecessor's skirts, approaches two others, who with joined and elevated hands form a double arch. After the dialogue, the line passes through, and the last is caught by a sudden lowering of the arm—if possible.]

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Transcriber's Notes

Varied capitalization on the riddle answers was retained.

One instance each of treetop, tree top and tree-top were retained.

The remaining corrections made are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will appear.