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EVERYONE PUTS ONE SHOE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CIRCLE, AND
AN "IT" IS PICKED IN THIS MANNER:
MY BLUE SHOE HOW OLD ARE YOU?
WHEREUPON THE CHILD GIVES HIS AGE AND IT IS COUNTED OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT RHYME
MEMBERS OF A GROUP HOLD OUT BOTH HANDS, FISTS CLENCHED. A
LEADER, WITH FIST CLENCHED, TAPS EACH MEMBER'S HANDS WHILE
SINGING OR SAYING THE FOLLOWING DITTY. EACH HAND IS TAPPED
ONCE FOR EACH WORD, AS IN EENY, MEENY, MINNY, MO.
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, OR.
THE MEMBER WHO IS TAPPED ON THE WORD "OR" IS ELIMINATED.
HE HOLDS THE FIST THAT WAS TAPPED BEHIND HIS BACK. IF
BOTH FISTS ARE TAPPED HIS IS COMPLETELY ELIMINATED. THE
LAST PERSON WITH A FIST REMAINING IS THE LEADER. THE
PROCESS IS USUALLY USED TO CHOOSE A LEADER FOR A GAME,
A TEAM CAPTAIN, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
CHOOSING LEADER
DRAW A CIRCLE ON THE OLD MAN'S BACK.
PUT THE TWO EYES,
PUT THE NOSE.
WHO WILL PUT THE MOUTH?
THIS VERSE IS RECITED BEFORE CHOOSING SOMEONE TO BE "IT"
FOR HIDE AND SEEK. FIRST A PLAYER DRAWS A CIRCLE WITH
HIS FINGER ON SOMEONE'S BACK. ANOTHER PLAYER SPREADS
TWO FINGERS AND POKES THE PERSON TO MAKE EYES ON HIS
BACK. THIRDLY, ANOTHER PLAYER POKES HIS FINGER IN TH
PERSON'S BACK TO MAKE A NOSE. LASTLY "WHO WILL MAKE THE
MOUTH" IS ASKED. ONE OF THE PLAYERS DRAWS A HALF CIRCLE FOR
A MOUTH ON THE PERSON'S BACK. IF THE PERSON CAN GUESS
WHO DID IT, THEN THAT PLAYER IS "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
DURING HIDE'N'SEEK THE PERSON WHO IS "IT" RECITES THIS
VERSE:
APPLE, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLER "I."
IF A PLAYER IS NOT READY HE HOLLERS "I," AND TH ONE
WHO IS"IT" WILL WAIT A FEW MORE SECONDS, AND REPEAT
THE VERSE UNTIL EVERYONE IS READY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
ONE, TWO, THREE, ...
THIS VERSE IS SAID TO ELIMINATE PLAYERS IN A GROUP AND
CHOOSE SOMEONE TO BE "IT" OR THE LEADER.
Submitter comment: SIMILAR TO "ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT RHYME
ALL THE PARTICIPANTS HOLD THEIR FISTS OUT IN FRONT OF THEM,
FORMING A CIRCLE. THE ONE WHO IS TO COUNT USES ONE OF HIS
FISTS AS A COUNTER. HE SAYS:
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, MORE.
THE FISTS TOUCHED ON FOUR AND MORE ARE REMOVED UNTIL
EVENTUALLY THERE IS ONE HAND LEFT AND HE IS IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING OUT RHYME
THE SKY IS BLUE, HOW OLD ARE YOU?
SIX (FOR EXAMPLE)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, AND OUT GOES Y, O, U, SPELLS YOU.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATOES, THREE POTATOES, FOUR.
FIVE POTATOES, SIX POTATOES, SEVEN POTATOES, OR.
ALL WHO WERE GOING TO PLAY THE GAME, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE,
EXTENDED TWO FISTS INTO A CIRCLE AND ONE PERSON DID THE
COUNTING OUT. THE LAST PERSON LEFT WITH A HAND IN THE
CIRCLE WAS "IT." (FEET CAN BE COUNTED INSTEAD OF
HANDS.)
Submitter comment: NEIGHBORHOOD FORMULA
Where learned: ROYAL OAK ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING OUT
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, IN THE DISH.
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
(A NUMBER IS GIVEN, AND IS COUNTED OUT)
AND YOU ARE OUT.
ONE FIST (OR TWO, OR FEET) ARE EXTENDED INTO A CIRCLE TO
BE COUNTED OUT. THE LAST PERSON WITH A FIST OR FOOT IN
THE CIRCLE IS "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATOES, THREE POTATOES, FOUR,
FIVE POTATOES, SIX POTATOES, SEVEN POTATOES, MORE.
CHILDREN PUT FISTS FORWARD, AND ONE PLAYER COUNTS OFF
ALSO USING HIS HANDS. ON THE WORD "MORE" PLAYER PUTS HIS FIST
BEHIND HIS BACK. THE FIST THAT IS LEFT IS "IT" FOR THE GAME.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING OUT
APPLES, PEACHES, PEARS, AND PLUMS;
TELL ME WHEN YOUR BIRTHAY COMES,
D-E-C-E-M-B-E-R (OR ANY MONTH BY THE ONE ON WHOM
"COMES" FALLS).
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IBBITY, BIBBITY, SIBBITY, SAB, IBBITY, BIBBITY, CANNOBO, CANNOBO IN CANNOBO OUT, CANNOBO ROUND THE WATER SPOUT, OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT USED THE RHYME WHEN HE WAS A CHILD IN BALTIMORE
IN THE THIRTIES.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR;
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, ORE.
OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT USED THIS RHYME WHILE A CHILD IN BALTIMORE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated and Motifs added / 02-28-2011 / TRD
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
Keyword(s): Count ; COUNTING ; Eliminate ; Elimination ; GAME ; NUMBER ; POTATO ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
Entry filtered.
COUNTING OUT
THERE IS A VERSE CHILDREN USE TO DECIDE WHO'S GOING TO BE
IT. ALL OF THE PEOPLE PUT THEIR FEET IN A CIRCLE, THEN
ONE PERSON CHANTS THIS VERSE, TOUCHING ONE FOOT AT A
TIME, PROCEEDING IN A CIRCLE TOUCHING ONE FOOT FOR EACH
WORD.
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE, GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE,
IF THE TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK, WOULD YOU WANT YOUR
MONEY BACK?
AT THIS POINT, THE FOOT THE COUNTER IS ON HAS TWO
CHOICES--YES OR NO. THE COUNTER THEN SPELLS OUT THE
CHOICE AND SAYS SPELLS (YES OR NO) DEPENDING ON THE CHOICE.
WHOSEVER FOOT THE COUNTER IS ON AT THE END OF THIS IS
OUT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
COUNTING OUT
ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE,
THREE, FOUR, SHUT THE DOOR.
FIVE, SIX, PICK UP STIX.
SEVEN, EIGHT, LAY THEM STRAIGHT.
NINE, TEN, DO IT AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
ONE LITTLE, TWO LITTLE, THREE LITTLE INDIANS.
FOUR LITTLE, FIVE LITTLE, SIX LITTLE INDIANS.
SEVEN LITTLE, EIGHT LITTLE, NINE LITTLE INDIANS.
TEN LITTLE INDIAN BOYS.
THEN REVERSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
COUNTING OUT
TO PICK "IT", YOU SAY
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, IN A DISH,
HOW MANY BUBBLE GUMS DO YOU WISH?
1, 2, 3, 4, ... THEN YOU GO AROUND AS MANY TIMES (TO AS
MANY PEOPLE) AS THE PERSON SAID NUMBERS AND THAT PERSON IS
OUT. YOU CONTINUE UNTIL EVERYONE IS OUT EXCEPT ONE,
AND THAT PERSON IS "IT."
Submitter comment: THE PERSON WHOM YOU ARE TOUCHING THEIR FOOT AFTER GOING AROUND THE CIRCLE PICKS A NUMBER AT THIS TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
AS YOU GO AROUND THE CIRCLE OF KIDS, YOU COUNT EACH OF
THEIR HANDS AND SAY:
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, OR.
THE ONE WHO ENDS UP WITH THE "OR" PUTS THAT HAND
BEHIND HIS BACK AND IT CONTINUES UNTIL EVERYONE IS OUT
EXCEPT ONE PERSON, WHO THEN BECOMES "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-26-1970
COUNTING OUT
THIS VERSE WAS USED TO ELIMINATE PEOPLE IN ORDER TO FIND
OUT WHO WOULD BE "IT" FOR SOME GAME:
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE,
RIDING DOWN CHICAGO LINE.
IF THE TRAIN GOES OFF THE TRACK,
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
PERSON WHO IS POINTED TO ON THE WORD "BACK" SAYS EITHER
YES OR NO.
Y-E-S SPELLS YES, AND OUT YOU DO GO.
(N-O SPELLS NO AND OUT YOU DO GO)
Where learned: NEW JERSEY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |