"Peg, Peg, with a wooden leg,
Her father was a miller;
He tossed a dumpling at her head,
And swore that he would kill her."
"Round about, round about
Maggotty pie (magpie),
My father loves good ale,
And so do I."
"Old father long-legs will not say his prayers,
Take him by the left leg and throw him downstairs."
"Half a pound of twopenny rice,
Half a pound of treacle,
Stir it up and make it nice,
Pop goes the weasel."
In 1754 mothers used to say to their children—