There was an old person of Minety

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There was an old person of Minety
by Edward Lear
No. 83 from More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc., 1872.
Picture by Edward Lear

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 There was an old person of Minety
 Who purchased five hundred and ninety
 Large apples and pears,
 Which he threw unawares
 At the heads of the people of Minety.

 <Publ. 1846>