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Sirth Class.-Lullabies.

CLXVII.

HUSH a bye, baby, on the tree top,
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock;
When the bough bends, the cradle will fall,
Down will come baby, bough, cradle, and all.

CLXVIII.

Bye, baby bunting,
Daddy's gone a hunting,

To get a little hare's skin,
To wrap a baby bunting in.

CLXIX.

HUSHY baby, my doll, I pray you don't cry,

And I'll give you some bread and some milk by and bye; Or, perhaps you like custard, or may-be a tart,Then to either you're welcome, with all my whole heart.

CLXX.

BYE, O my baby,

When I was a lady,

O then my poor baby didn't cry;
But my baby is weeping,

For want of good keeping,
Oh, I fear my poor baby will die.

CLXXI.

Hush thee, my babby,

Lie still with thy daddy,

Thy mammy has gone to the mill,

To grind thee some wheat,

To make thee some meat,

And so my dear babby lie still.

CLXXII.

HUSH a bye a ba lamb,

Hush a bye a milk cow,

You shall have a little stick,

To beat the naughty bow-wow.

CLXXIII.

CRY, baby, cry,

Put your finger in your eye,

And tell your mother it was I.

Seventh Class.—Charms.

CLXXV.

[The three following charms are for the hiccup, and each one must be said thrice in one breath, to render the specific of service.]

WHEN a twister twisting would twist him a twist,
For twisting a twist three twists he will twist;
But if one of the twists untwists from the twist,
The twist untwisting untwists the twist.

CLXXVI.

ROBERT ROWLEY rolled a round roll round,

A round roll Robert Rowley rolled round;
Where rolled the round roll Robert Rowley rolled round?

CLXXVII.

PETER Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper;
A peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,
Where is the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?

CLXXVIII.

[Ady, in his "Candle in the Dark," 4to. Lond. 1655, p. 58, says that this is a charm used for making butter come from the churn. It was to be said thrice.]

COME, butter, come,

Come, butter, come!

Peter stands at the gate,

Waiting for a butter'd cake;
Come, butter, come!

CLXXIX.

I WENT to the toad that lies under the wall,

I charmed him out, and he came at my call;
I scratch'd out the eyes of the owl before,

I tore the bat's wing, what would you have more?

CLXXX.

[A charm somewhat similar to the following may be seen in the Townley Mysteries, p. 91. See a paper in the Archæologia, vol. xxvii. p. 253, by the Rev. Launcelot Sharpe, M.A.]

MATTHEW, Mark, Luke, and John,

Guard the bed that I lay on!

Four corners to my bed,

Four angels round my

One to watch, one to pray,

head!

And two to bear my soul away!

CLXXXI.

[THE present charm, which appears to be only another version of the one just given, is preserved by Aubrey, in MS. Lansd. 231, fol. 114. It may likewise be found in Ady's "Candle in the Dark," 4to. Lond, 1655, p. 58.]

MATTHEW, Mark, Luke, and John,
Bless the bed that I lye on!
And blessed guardian-angel, keep

Me safe from danger whilst I sleep!

CLXXXII.

[The following charm was learnt by the late Sir Humphrey Davy, when a boy, as a cure for the cramp.]

MATTHEW, Mark, Luke, and John, ease us, I beg!
The devil has tied up a knot in my leg.

Crosses three

we make to ease us;

Two for the robbers, and one for Christ Jesus.

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