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. 2015 Dec 7;10(12):e0144411. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144411

Table 2. List of 20 untimed nursery rhyme sentences, each 24 syllables long.

Bi-Syllable Foot Tri-Syllable Foot
1. Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O. And on that farm he had some cows, E-I-E-I 1. Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey. There came a big spider who sat …
2. Mary had a little lamb its fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went the lamb was … 2. Little Jack Horner sat in a corner eating his Christmas pie. He stuck in his thumb and pulled out …
3. Polly put the kettle on, Polly put the kettle on, Polly put the kettle on, we'll all have … 3. Little Boy Blue come blow your horn, the sheep's in the meadow the cow's in the corn. Where is the boy who …
4. Yankee Doodle came to London riding on a pony. He stuck a feather in his hat and called … 4. Curly locks, curly locks will you be mine? You shall not wash dishes nor feed the swine, but sit on a…
5. Peter Peter pumpkin eater had a wife and couldn't keep her. Put her in a pumpkin shell and … 5. To market to market to buy a fat pig. Home again home again dancing a jig. To market …
6. Mary Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells and pre … 6. Pussycat pussycat where have you been? I've been up to London to visit the Queen. Pussycat …
7. Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair. Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "let me … 7. Ladybird ladybird fly away home, your house is on fire and your children are gone. All except …
8. Lucy Lockett lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it. Not a penny was there in it, only … 8. There was an old Lady who swallowed a spider, that wriggled and wiggled and tickled inside her …
9. Cobbler Cobbler mend my shoe, get it done by half past two. Half past two is much too late, get it done … 9. There once were two cats of Kilkenny. Each thought there was one cat too many. So they fought and they fit …
10. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked …. 10. Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green. When I am king, dilly dilly, you shall be queen …