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Originally Posted by garinda
'The original rhyming verse is thought to be "Step on a crack and your mother will turn....'
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I was actually stood on Broadway, waiting for someone, moments after meeting Shillelagh, pondering about the phrase we used to hear for something very unlikely, similar to joining a circus.
'Run off with a black man.'
Happily not used often nowadays, for something that's nearly beyond belief.
Probably some of these sayings were brought back from various wars.
Like 'dirty arab'. Usually said to little boys, diggin' for tatas, up their nose.