I Gave McCann Me Can

DESCRIPTION: "I gave McCann me can To fetch a pint of stout." McCann returns saying the can is leaking. "McCann knew me can was new, I'd only had it a day or two, I'll put a hole in McCann For putting a hole in me can."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: drink fight humorous wordplay
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 96, "I gave McCann me can" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 45, "(My can was new my can was new)" (1 text)
Roud #25513 and 22993
NOTES [38 words]: Roud files the Kane text (which refers to "McCann") as #25513 and the Peirce version (which refers only to "my can") as #22993, but they look like the same item to me, with the differences being simply differences of hearing. - RBW
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