Don't Care Was Made to Care

DESCRIPTION: "Don't care was made to care, Don't care was hung, Don't care was put in a pot, And boiled till he was done." Reportedly used as a response when one child told another "Don't care."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1900 (Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren)
KEYWORDS: playparty execution
FOUND IN: New Zealand
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 136, "(Don't care was made to care)" (1 text)
File: SuSm136A

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