Beg Your Pardon, Grouchy Grace

DESCRIPTION: "[I] Beg your pardon, (Grouchy Grace/I grant your grace), [I] Hope the (cat/cows) Wll spit in your face."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren)
KEYWORDS: playparty animal
FOUND IN: New Zealand Ireland
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 132, "(Beg your pardon, grouchy Grace)" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 45, "(I beg your pardon)" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Peter and Iona Opie, _I Saw Esau: Traditional Rhymes of Youth_, #68, "(I beg your pardon)" (1 text)
Roud #20705
File: SuSm132C

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