ID: 691 Date: 1950s Title: Dunce, dunce Gender: Male and Female Classification: Taunt Rhyme: Dunce, dunce, double D, Can't say your ABC, Can't make a cup of tea, Dunce, dunce, double D. (NZ ex UK, 1950s) -- Background Info: Discussion in Opie, 1967:180, regarding the use of the term 'dunce'. A dunce "may be sane, good at games, and seldom act the fool, but he lacks scholastic abilities, he is dense, slow on the uptake, he has got a thick head." Dunce, dunce, double D, Doesn't know his ABC. (UK, 1898) Dunce , dunce, double D, Cannot learn his ABC, Put a cap on, then you'll see, What a silly boy is he. == Keywords: school Location: NZ (ex UK) Group size: 1 Incidence: 1