Winnie the Witch

DESCRIPTION: "Winnie/Minnie/Willie/Nanny the Witch/Old Mother Rich, Fell in the ditch, Picked up a rotten apple And thought she was rich." Or, "She thought she was rich, Because she found a ha'penny In a bundle of sticks," or "Never got back till half past six"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Journal of American Folklore, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: money witch jumprope food | apple ditch counting-out
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #405, "Old Mother Rich" (1 text)
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 35, "(Rich, Rich, fell in the ditch)" (1 text; the following verse, "Frank, Frank, turned the crank" may be a sequel)
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 65, "Minnie the Witch" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 45, "(Old mother witch)" (1 text)
Roud #19239
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Jean, Jean Had a Machine" (lyrics)
File: BAAI065C

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