176 NURSERY RHYMES,

 

CCCXIII.

[Ady, in his ‘‘ Candle in the Dark,” 4to, Lond. 1656, p. 59, says that this was a charm
to make butter come from the churn. ‘[t was to be said thrice. ]

COME, butter, come,

Come, butter, come!

Peter stands at the gate,
Waiting for a buttered cake;
Come, butter come!

CCCXIV.

[From Dr. Wallis’s ‘¢ Grammatica J.inguz Anglican,” 12mo, Oxon. 1674, p. 164.
This and various others are said to be certain cures for the hiccup if repeated in one
breath.]

WHEN a Twister’a-twisting, will twist him a twist :

For the twisting of his twist, he three times doth intwist;
But if one of the twines of the twist do untwist,

The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist.

Untwirling the twine that untwisteth between,

He twirls with the twister, the two in a twine:
Then twice having twisted the twines of the twine,
He twisteth the twine he had twined in twain.

The twain that, in twining, before in the twine

As twines were intwisted, he now doth untwine:
*Twixt the twain intertwisting a twine more between,
He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine.