Nose, nose, jolly red nose, Who gave thee this jolly red nose?† Nutmegs and ginger, cinnamon and cloves, And they gave me this jolly red nose. 20

-Anonymous
Quoted in FrancisBeaumont and John Fletcher TheKnight of the Burning Pestle (1609) but thought to be a rhyme of earlier origin.

I myself have accomplished nothing of excellence except a remarkable and, to some of my friends, unaccountable expertness in hitting empty ginger ale bottles with small rocks at a distance of thirty paces.

-Thurber,James Grover
  My Life and HardTimes, preface.