Barber, Barber, Shave a Pig

DESCRIPTION: "Barber, barber, shave a pig, How many hairs to make a wif? Four and twenty, that's enough, Give the barber a pinch of snuff."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1844 (Halliwell)
KEYWORDS: animal hair | barber pig
FOUND IN: Irela
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Opie/Opie-OxfordDictionaryOfNurseryRhymes 31, "Barber, Barber, Shave a Pig" (1 text)
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #324, p. 177, "(Barber, barber, shave a pig)"
Dolby-OrangesAndLemons, p. 97, "Barber, Barber, Shave a Pig" (1 text)
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 23, "Barber, barber, shave a pig!" (1 text)
Roud #20568
File: OO2031

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