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Thread #104417 Message #2138369
Posted By: Azizi
01-Sep-07 - 11:22 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Puddin Tane & Other Rhyming Sayings
Subject: RE: Folklore: Puddin Tane & Other Rhyming Sayings
Also, Joe Offer referred folks to this other online source "What They Say In New England: A Book Of Signs, Sayings, and Supersitions"
by Clifton Johnson.
http://books.google.com/books?id=DYQmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=%22what's+your+name%22+%22tell+you+the+same%22&source=web&ot
That book includes this example on page 176: Rhymes and Jingles}
Question: What's your name?
Answer: Pudden Tane
Question: What's your other?
Answer: Bread and Butter.
Question: Where do you live?
Answer: In a sieve.
Question: What's your number
Answer: Cucumber