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Thread #71661 Message #1986375
Posted By: GUEST,guest, cz
04-Mar-07 - 08:47 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Here's where the kitty sits
Subject: RE: Origins: Here's where the kitty sits
We were taught a version by my great-grandparents from Ireland, using "Here's where the coachman sits". Their family owned a coach house there in the 1800's, where my great-grandmother lived before coming to America. We recently visited Ireland for the first time, and looked up distant cousins from this family. One cousin sat my daughter on her knee and repeated the words as I had always heard them. It was the only time I had ever heard the words recited outside of our immediate family.