Counting-Out Rhymes: A Dictionary

by Roger D. Abrahams

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Eeny, meeny, figgledy, fig. Delia, dolia, dominig, Ozy, pozy doma-nozy, Tee, tau, tut, Uggeldy, buggedy, boo Out goes you. (no. 129) You can stand, And you can sit, But, if you play, You must be it. (no. 577) Counting-out rhymes are used by children between the ages of six and eleven as a special way of choosing it and beginning play. They may be short and simple ("O-U-T spells out/And out goes you") or relatively long and complicated; they may be...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0292710577

ISBN13:9780292710573

Release Date:April 1980

Publisher:University of Texas Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

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