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''A pocketful of rye''
''Four-and-twenty blackbirds''
''Baked in a pie.'' }}
Nursery rhymes. Full of rhyme and rhythm and odd images. Not so full of sense.
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''When the wind blows the cradle will rock''
''When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall''
''And down will come baby, cradle and all.'' }}
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Characters from nursery rhymes, like Old King Cole, Humpty Dumpty, or Mother Goose herself are [[Public Domain Character|Public Domain Characters]] that may feature in all kinds of works. The writer may try to explain their rhymes -- often enough, with a [[Parody]] origin.
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''The cow jumped over the moon''
''The little dog laughed to see such a sight.''
''And the dish ran away with the spoon.'' }}
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