Knife & Fork, Like My Peaches & Shake My Tree (1944) and more

[Michael Quinion]

Barry Popik wrote:

> See a pin and pick it up,
> All that day you will have luck;
> See a pin and let it lay,
> You'll have bad luck all that day.

I prefer the version of the BBC Radio "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That
Again" team from 1967:

See a pin and pick it up,
And all that day, you'll have a pin ...

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Michael Quinion
Editor, World Wide Words
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