Stick Your Head in the Porridge Pot

DESCRIPTION: "Stick your head in the porridge pot, And don't call me 'What?'"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: wordplay
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 117, "Stick your head in the porridge pot" (1 text)
Roud #25528
NOTES [39 words]: Although this particular joke seems to be local to Ireland, the type of humor is common. In the American Midwest, for instance, I have often heard this not-very-funny gag: "Surely you jest." "I do not. And don't call me Shirley." Oy. - RBW
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