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His experiences in the war have left him with a terrible fear of flying: Old woman: Nervous?
From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2010
"Old woman, old woman, old woman," quoth I, "Whither, O whither, O whither so high?"
From The Little Mother Goose by Smith, Jessie Willcox
Old woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing?
From Mother Goose The Original Volland Edition by Richardson, Frederick
She herself, as the "Old woman who swept the cobwebs from the sky," was easily guessed, much to her own chagrin.
From Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 by Various
Compare with Old woman and her pig in Jacobs.
From Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours by Power, Effie L. (Effie Louise)
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