Other Night My Baby Sister Died, The

DESCRIPTION: "The other night my baby sister died, She died committing suicide, She died just to spite us Of spinal meningitis, She was a dirty baby anyhow. We ate her (?)"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (MidwestFolklore)
KEYWORDS: death baby sister food cannibalism disease suicide
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
MidwestFolklore, Roger Abrahams, "Ghastly Commands: The Cruel Joke Revisited," Volume 11, Number 4 (Winter 1961) p. 238, "(The other night my baby sister died)" (1s short text)
File: MWFB238B

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