Babes Can Count Up by Algebra

DESCRIPTION: "Babes can count up by Algebra All the stripes upon a Zebra."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: wordplay animal
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 61, "Babes can count up by algebra" (1 short text)
Roud #25495
NOTES [20 words]: The irony of this little piece is that one cannot count the stripes on a zebra by algebra; algebra is not arithmetic! - RBW
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