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Thread #126390   Message #2807647
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
09-Jan-10 - 02:43 PM
Thread Name: How many miles to Dublin?
Subject: RE: How many miles to Dublin?
How many miles to Babylon?
Three-score and ten.
Can I get there by candle-light?
Yes, and back again.
If your heels are nimble and light,
You may get there by candle-light.

Iona and Peter Opie, 1955, The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book

London, etc. used as the town. More later.