"Two Tutors" (1899 limerick) and Puddentame (1940)

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"A tutor was teaching two tutors to toot" is on page 132 of MISS MARY MAC,
ALL DRESSED IN BLACK: TONGUE TWISTERS, JUMP ROPE RHYMES AND OTHER CHILDREN'S
LORE FROM NEW ENGLAND (1990).
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_NOVEL  ADVERTISING SCHEMES; Poetry and High Class Literature Sent Out
Without Credit--A  Striking Example _
(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=426747561&SrchMode=1&sid=5&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=11070
68757&clientId=65882)
Chicago Daily Tribune  (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Mar 19, 1899. p. D2 (1
page)
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An example of this style of advertising is the following, which has been
issued from the office of the Second Vice President of a prominent insurance
company:
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A tutor who tooted the flute
Tried to tutor two tutors to toot.
Said the two to the tutor, "Is it harder to toot, or
To tutor two tutors to toot?"
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>From MISS MARY MAC (1990), pg. 103:
_PUDDENTAME_
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What's your name?
Puddentame.
Where are you from?
Down the lane.
What's your number?
Cucumber.
What's your trade?
Lemonade.
Show us some if you're not afraid.
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_HERE'S  SQUEEZE PLAY TO DEFEAT HEAT: LEMONADE; Variations on This Cool Drink
Are Many. _ (http://proquest.umi.com/pq
dweb?index=0&did=466662732&SrchMode=1&sid=13&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1107069760&clientId=658
82)
Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago,  Ill.: Jul 26, 1940. p. 12 (1
page)
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"What's your trade?" "Lemonade." It's part of the rigamarole that went with
the old game of charades, but many a mother may feel pushed to the point of
adopting it as her theme song during a hot spell.2940



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