The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

While playing game where we would have to pick
a person for something this is one of the rhymes
we used to use to count out.
Bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish,
How many pieces do you wish?
Then the person who the counter landed on picks a
number. Then the counter counts out the number of
people the person picked. Whoever the person lands
on can either be the person designated or be counted
out. If the person is counted out then the procedure
begins again until all people are eliminated and one
person is left. Then the last one is the designated
person.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00001970S