Murder in the Shoe-box

DESCRIPTION: "Murder in the shoe-box, fire in the spence [cabinet], I had a little donkey and I haven't seen 'n sense. Give 'n a little oats, give 'n a little straw, Gee up, donkey! ans awa she go."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1975 (Deane /Shaw)
KEYWORDS: homicide animal food
FOUND IN: Britain(England(West))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Tony Deane and Tony Shaw _The Folklore of Cornwall_, B. T. Batsford, 1975, p. 51, "(Murder in the shoe-box)" (1 short text)
File: DeSh051A

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