Basket

DESCRIPTION: "I'll follow my mother to market, To buy herself a basket, When she comes home, She'll break our bones, But follow my mother to market."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1888 (Gomme)
KEYWORDS: playparty mother injury commerce
FOUND IN: Britain New Zealand
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 128, "(Follow old Mummy to market)" (1 text)
Roud #20732
File: SuSm128C

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