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Thread #27721   Message #937016
Posted By: belfast
21-Apr-03 - 08:06 AM
Thread Name: Help: Pace Egging?
Subject: RE: Help: Pace Egging?
This is what I recall from the streets of Belfast (but no mention of eggs and we'd never heard of pacing).

Halloween's comin' on,the goose is getting fat.
Will you please put a penny in the old man's hat.
If you haven't got a penny a ha'penny will do,
If you haven't got a ha'penny, god bless you!

We knew what a farthing was but it wasn't part of our chant.