ID: 476
Date: 1950s - 1999
Title: By hook or by crook
Gender: Female 
Classification: Autograph 
Rhyme: 

By hook or by crook,
I'll be first/last in this book.
By eggs or by bacon,
I think you're mistaken.

(NZ ex UK, 1950s; NZ, 1950s)

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By window or sill,
I'm darned if you will!
By ham or by bacon,
I think you're mistaken.

(Auckland, 1999)

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Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 1 
Incidence: 3