Look Up, Look Down

DESCRIPTION: "Look up, Look down, You owe me Half a crown."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling)
KEYWORDS: money trick
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 45, "(Look up)" (1 text)
Roud #20706
NOTES [26 words]: This sounds to me like a device to trick people out of a half crown, but I suspect some part of it (perhaps actions rather than words) has been left out. - RBW
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File: PKKB045F

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