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Thread #28149 Message #4217294
Posted By: Jack Horntip
15-Feb-25 - 07:57 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Man with rag in ear
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Man with rag in ear
The following was taught me by a girl acquaintance of about my age (8-10), so I class it as juvenile:
Fire in the mountain, snakes in the grass, The old woman died with a rag in her ass; The rag blew oùt and the wind flew in, And the old woman came to life agin.
Grant County, Indiana, Speech and Song, Supplement 2 (Folk Verse) by W. L. McAtee. 1946. Privately printed.