[12] Cochin China Cock.
[13] Halliwell considered this rhyme to be at least 300 years old. He adds a fifth verse:—
“Jenny was so mad,
She didn’t know what to do;
She put her finger in her ear,
And crackt it right in two.”
He also makes the last line of the fourth verse to read:—
And snapt off her nose,
which tragical dénouement is certainly that which is inculcated in all well-regulated nurseries.
[14] Slang for sixpence.