Is the Canadian version, then, "Husha, Husha, we all fall down"? B/c
that's the version with which I'm familiar. It does have a "sneezy" sound
to it ... Judith Anderson Stuart <[log in to unmask]>
On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Julia Bolton Holloway wrote:
> How old is Tom?! 'Ashes' seem to be American, 'Atishoo', English. Oral variants!
>
> At 10.51 14/02/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >The version I recall from childhood includes the line "Ashes, ashes, all
> >fall down." But that may be an alternatives version of "Atchoo."
> >
> >tom izbicki
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> with their sins and it is to them no shame, but all is turned to worship.
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