a pinch and a punch
another peculiar ganan tradition: the first ganan sibling to realise that it’s the first of the month says to the other sibling, “a pinch and a punch, it’s the first of the month” (and then gets to both pinch and punch that sibling). to which the other sibling responds, “a pinch and a kick, gosh you’re quick.”
this would invariably depreciate to the point where i would be icing a noogie-welt (with a bag of frozen lima beans) and applying heavy concealer to my black eye while my kid sister would be in a desperate search for a pair of needlenose pliers to remedy a rather severe wedgie.
