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REPLY1850

The Frog and the Crow of Ennow

By T. I.

In answer to M. (Vol. ii., p. 136.), I send you the edition of "the frog and the crow" which I have been familiar with since childhood. I can give you no history of it, save that it is tolerably well known in Lancashire, and that the *point* consists in giving a scream over the last "oh!" which invariably, if well done, elicits a start even in those who are familiar with the rhyme, and know what to expect. *The Frog and the Crow*. "There was a jolly fat frog lived in the river Swimmo, And there was a comely black crow lived on the river Brimmo; Come on shore, come on shore, said the crow to th…

Topics: Folklore, Children's Rhymes

Locations: Lancashire, river Swimmo, river Brimmo