From Mrs. Mollet, La Villette.

Another.

“Onery, Twoery, Dickery, Davy,

Arabo, Crackery, Jennery, Lavy,

Wishcome, Dandy, Merrycome, Time,

Humberry, Bumberry, Twenty-nine.”

From Mrs. Durand, sen.

[234] Or sometimes “Birds of the Air.”

These words sound like a burlesque of Roman Catholicism, especially of the words of administration of the Mass.

Nurses’ Rhymes.