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Thread #104417 Message #2150095
Posted By: kytrad (Jean Ritchie)
15-Sep-07 - 06:10 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Puddin Tane & Other Rhyming Sayings
Subject: RE: Folklore: Puddin Tane & Other Rhyming Sayings
Well I'm older than all of you, and our KY mountain village was quite isolated until just after the turn of the last century, early 1900s, thereabouts. We had never heard the word 'poontang,' but we did have the rhyme under discussion. Here's how it goes:
What's your name?
Puddin & Tame
Where d'you live?
Up the lane
Where d'you go?
Go to school
What d'you sit on?
Sit on a stool
What d'you look like?
Look like a fool!
There may have been one or two other rhymes in there- can't remember it all just now. It was said only for the fun of the rhyming, and sometimes for tricking someone into saying, "look like a fool," when all the gang would laugh at the joke.