My Straw Bamer

DESCRIPTION: "My straw bamer, one, two, three, Nobody has one, only me."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1975 (Brady-AllInAllIn)
KEYWORDS: clothes
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 23, "My Straw Bamer" (1 text)
NOTES [32 words]: A "bamer" is a straw hat, but I can't find any references to it prior to James Joyce. Did he invent the word? I haven't researched it, but it's interesting to find it in a children's rhyme. - RBW
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