Camel's Hump Is an Ugly Lump, The

DESCRIPTION: "The Camel's hump is an ugly lump Which well you may see at the Zoo...." "We climb out of bed with a frouzly head, And a snarly-yarly voice. We shiver and scowl and we grunt and we growl." The cure for the hump is to go out and garden
AUTHOR: Words: Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
EARLIEST DATE: 1902 (Just So Stories for little children)
KEYWORDS: animal disease gardening | camel hump
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, pp. 170-171, "When you climb out of bed with a frowsly head" (1 text)
Roud #25408
File: KSUC170D

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