AMBULANCE, seeing
c.
1908
Finsbury Park ( ROLPH
London Particulars
55)
The children … would grasp their coat collars on seeing an ambulance … and call out something like ‘Grab your collar, don't swaller, Never catch the fever,’ or ‘There goes the fever-van, Never touch the mealyman’ … Having seen an ambulance in the street, you must hold your breath and pinch your nose until you saw a black or brown dog.
1930
Child, 7 [London]
‘Touch collar, Never swallow, Never catch the ...