Then every man did put his hat off to his lass, and every girl did curchy, curchy, curchy on the grass.
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1700072
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Title
Then every man did put his hat off to his lass, and every girl did curchy, curchy, curchy on the grass.
Collection
Children's book illustrations
Illustrations -- Caldecott -- Come lasses and lads
Names
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1881
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Nursery rhymes
Festivals -- England
Folk dancing -- England
Genres
Notes
Source Identifier: 18968 (Hades Legacy Identifier / Struc ID)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 17.5 x 19.5 cm.
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9562ad50-c5bb-012f-e086-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Date Issued
1881
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Then every man did put his hat off to his lass, and every girl did curchy, curchy, curchy on the grass." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1881. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9562ad50-c5bb-012f-e086-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1881). Then every man did put his hat off to his lass, and every girl did curchy, curchy, curchy on the grass. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9562ad50-c5bb-012f-e086-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Then every man did put his hat off to his lass, and every girl did curchy, curchy, curchy on the grass." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9562ad50-c5bb-012f-e086-58d385a7bc34
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