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LIMERICK by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD

First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF THE RHINE
Last Line: "AND EIGHT AND A QUARTER OF NINE."
Subject(s): SHOES; BOOTS; SNEAKERS; SHOEMAKERS;
There was an old man of the Rhine,
When asked at what hour he would dine,
Replied, "At eleven,
Four, six, three and seven,
And eight and a quarter of nine."



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