Oxfordshire.
In this county the following rhymes were used:
“Good morrow, Valentine!
I be thine, and thou be’st mine,
So please give me a Valentine!”
Also
“Good morrow, Valentine!
God bless you ever!
If you’ll be true to me,
I’ll be the like to thee.
Old England for ever!”
Also
“Good morrow, Valentine,
First ’tis yours, then ’tis mine,
So please give me a Valentine.”
The Antiquary, 1873, vol. iii. p. 107; Brand, Pop. Antiq. 1849, vol. i. p. 60.