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Rh is Wodin or Odin. The horse is evidently the white steed, Gleipmir, of the ancient god.”

From Mr. Joseph Crawhall, of Newcastle, I have received the following song. It was given to him by a friend who called it a carol, and said that in his early days he used to sing it every Christmas with his sisters:

Another version of this carol may be found in Halliwell’s Nursery Rhymes, and one which recognises all the “twelve good days” of the Christmas feast. In its complete form it runs thus: