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X

Cross X patch,
Draw the latch,
Sit by the fire and spin:

Take a cup
And drink it up,
Then call the neighbours in.

Y

You know that Monday is Sunday’s brother;
Tuesday is such another;
Wednesday you must go to church and pray;
Thursday is half-holiday;
On Friday it is too late to begin to spin,
And Saturday is half-holiday again.

Z

Zodiac for the Nursery.

The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins;
And next the crab, the lion shines,
The virgin and the scales,
The scorpion, archer, and the goat.
The man who holds the watering-pot;
And fish with glittering scales.