The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Method of choosing it in games

Engin,engine number line

Going down Chicago line

If the train should I jump the  treck

Do you  wantyour money back? ( the person pointed at back answers and questions with "yes" or" no".)

If "yes", the rhyme continues:Y-E-S- spells yes and out goes you.

If :"no" , the rhyme continues: N-0 spells no and out goes you.

(In either case, the one pointed to on you is it.)

Submitter comment:

(Rhyme is chanted by one child who poits at the children groped around him. I will indicate teh words which correspond to his points by partial underlining.)

Where learned: Learned this in her graade school days in Pittsburg

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