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One two buckle my shoe
Identifier
008185
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Spades plus the other references are the suites in the playing cards, which have their equivalent in the Tarot as Wands, Swords, Cups and Disks see the Tarot.
A description of the experience
One two buckle my shoe
One two buckle my shoe
Three, four, knock at the door
Five, six, pick up sticks
Seven, eight, lay them straight
Nine, ten, a big fat hen
Eleven, twelve, dig and delve
Thirteen, fourteen, maids a-courting
Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen
Seventeen, eighteen, maids in waiting
Nineteen, twenty, my plate's empty