Quote#Wisdom
Nose, nose, jolly red nose
Quote byFrancis Beaumont · 1584–1616
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Knight of the Burning Pestle (c. 1607; published 1613), Act I, scene 4..
English (original)
Nose, nose, jolly red nose, And who gave thee that jolly red nose? Nutmegs and ginger, cinammon and cloves; And they gave me this jolly red nose.
— Francis Beaumont
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