There was a Man of Newington
The Nursery Rhymes of England. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 1886.
There was a man of Newington,
And he was wond'rous wise,
He jump'd into a quickset hedge,
And scratch'd out both his eyes:
But when he saw his eyes were out,
With all his might and main,
He jump'd into another hedge,
And scratch'd 'em in again.
Tags - Paradoxes - Newington - Bush - Hedge - Eyes - Blindness -
Origin - Europe - British Isles -