ID: 8
Date: 1950
Title: In days of old
Gender: Female 
Classification: Autograph 
Rhyme: 

In the days of old when the nights were bold 
And suits were made of tin, 
Young Ginger Megs with bandy legs, 
Went out to fight for Min.

(NZ ex Australia, 1950)

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Background Info: Based on a cartoon larrikin, Ginger Megs and his girl, Minnie Peters (Australia 1940s).

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Lowenstein, 1974: 20 records the rhyme:

Ginger Meggs, Ginger Meggs,
What have you between your legs?
One fat sausage, two boiled eggs,
That's what I've got between my legs.

(Newcastle, 1950s)

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Keywords: media culture, bawdy 
Location: NZ (ex Australia) 
Group size: 1 
Incidence: 1