Meanings of old rhymes in English

Ralph smoked, and said over some old rhymes, and, finally rising, put on his cloak.

For that's another of the old rhymes:

One's own footsteps echo from the wall; we walk along in a dream; old words and old rhymes crowd into the brain.

I wished I could have gone out and followed them 'over the hills and far away' like the children in the old rhymes.

Then there are the downy thistle-heads, which the rustic maiden names after her lovers, in connection with which there are many old rhymes.

And in spite of wise words in the old rhymes, there is no wood that can be burned successfully just after it is cut.

I was diverted just now with some old rhymes that Mr. Wilkes would have been glad to have North-Britonized for our little bishop of Osnaburgh.

His heart was softened-oldrhymes rang in his ear-oldmemories passed through his brain.