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184  Rhymes and Jingles

Combed his hair with a wagon-wheel,

And died with the toothache in his heel.

Take the baby’s foot in your hand, wiggle the toes one after the other, beginning with the big one, and recite:—

This little pig says, “I go steal wheat;”
This little pig says, “Where’ll you get it?”
This little pig says, “In father’s barn;”
This little pig says, “I go tell;”
And this little pig says, ‘ Quee, quee, quee!”

A variation of this story is the following:—

This little pig goes to market,
This little pig stays at home,
This little pig has plenty to eat,
This little pig has none,
This little pig says, “Wee, wee, wee!” all the way home.

One of close resemblance to the above is this:—

This little pig says, “I want some corn;”
This little pig says, “Where’ll you get it?”

This little pig says, “In grandpa’s barn;”