Proddy Woddy on the Wall

DESCRIPTION: "Proddy woddy on the wall, a half a loaf would feed you all, A ha'penny candle would show you light, To read your Bible in the night." Or "Proddy Woddy blue-guts Never said a prayer. Catch him by the left leg And throw him down the stair."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (Daiken-OutGoesShe)
KEYWORDS: food Bible injury | wall candle light leg stair Protestantism
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 172, "Proddy Woddy on the Wall" (1 short text)
Daiken-OutGoesShe, p. 15, "(Proddy Woddy blue-guts Never said a praye)r"; p. 16, "(Proddy Proddy on the wall Penny bun to fed yiz all)"; p. 20, "(Prodistin Dogs Lept over the bogs)" (3 texts, the first two clearly the same though the third might be something else)
Roud #19258
NOTES [24 words]: According to Daiken-OutGoesShe, "proddy" is shorthand for "Protestant." This and "Catty, Catty Go To Mass" were competing religious insults. - RBW
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