Jelly-Cake

DESCRIPTION: "As I was walking near the lake/garden gate, I met a little rattlesnake; He ate so much of jelly-cake He made his little belly ache."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo)
KEYWORDS: food animal disease | snake indigestion
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 108, "Jelly-Cake" (1 text)
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 42, "(As I went by the garden gate)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #23, "As I was walking by the lake" (1 text)
File: ZiZa108B

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