Brow Bender

DESCRIPTION: Game in which a finger is typically placed on the brow, the eye, etc. "Brow bender, Eye Peeper... Knock at the door, ring the bell, Lift the latch, Walk in, Take a hair, Sit there, How d'you do this morning?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1788 (Tommy Thumb's Song Book, according to Opie/Opie-OxfordDictionaryOfNurseryRhymes)
KEYWORDS: wordplay home | game
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Opie/Opie-OxfordDictionaryOfNurseryRhymes 80, "Brow Bender" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 18, "(Knock the Knocker)" (1 short text)
Roud #19553
File: PKKB018H

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