See a Pin and Pick It Up

DESCRIPTION: "See a pin and pick it up, All the day you'll have good luck, See a pin and let it lay, Bad luck you'll have all the day."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1842 (Halliwell)
KEYWORDS: nonballad
FOUND IN: US(MW) Ireland
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Sackett/Koch-KansasFolklore, p. 120, "(See a pin and pick it up)" (1 text)
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #111 n. 86, pp. 93-95, "(See a pin and pick it up)"
Dolby-OrangesAndLemons, p. 171, "See a Pin and Pick It Up" (1 text)
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 23, "See a Pin" (1 text)
Roud #20003
File: Dolb171

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