Jump rope rhymes

Cathy and Terry sitting in a tree

K-I-S-S-I-N-G

First comes love

Then comes marriage

Then comes Cathy wit a baby carriage

Submitter comment:

Other names may be substituted as long aas It's is a boys and a girls name.
 

Data entry tech comment:

Collector does not state what city it was learned.

Where learned: Informant's home in Detroit, MI

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Jump Rope Rhyme

House for sale.

House for rent.

When _________moves out.

___________moves in.

(The person junping while the rhyme is being called, yells out a name of another player and then he jumps in when the firest one jumps out.)

Where learned: Told informant's home .

Keyword(s): Call ; RHYME

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Jump Rope Rhyme

Grandma,Grandma, I am ill.

Send for a doctor for a pill.

Doctor,doctor, shall I die?

Yes, my dear, and so shall I.

Where learned: Informant said when a child arounrd 1915. Told to the collector at informant's home.

Keyword(s): Jump ; Planin

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Rope Skipping Rhyme

Andy Spandy Sugardy Candy

French Almond rock

Bread and butter for your supper

All your mother;s got.

Submitter comment:

Informant heard children saying this while skipping rope in Sussex, England.

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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Jump Rope Rhyme

Blondie and Dagwood went to town,

Blondie bought an evening gown.

Dagwood bought a pair of shoes,

Alexander bought the news,

And in ther news it said,

"Close your eyes and count to ten."

"If you miss you take an end."

Data entry tech comment:

Collector and informant share the same surname and address.

Where learned: Told at informant's home.

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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Jump Rope Verse

Blue bells, cockle shells

Evy, Ivy , over.

(Informant is a friend's youngeist sister and she is about eight years old.

Where learned: Told in Informant's home.

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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