Nancy Ann Took It Out of the Pail

DESCRIPTION: "Nancy Ann took it out of the pail And she wrapped it up in her petticoat tail, And she rolled it in and she rolled it out, And if I'd a-been cheating I would have been out." Apparently a rhyme about cheating at jackstones
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: game clothes | cheating
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 80, "Nancy Ann took it out of the pail" (1 text); p. 212 in the notes has a similar-seeming text, "Sonsy Ann She Won the Game" (1 text)
Roud #25371
File: KSUC080A

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