The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

We used to use this rhyme for counting people
in order to pick for games. It goes as follows:
My mother and your mother were hanging up the clothes.
My mother punched your mother in the nose.
What color was the blood?
While saying this the counter points at each person's
feet. Then the person whose foot the counter landed on
had to pick a color. The counter spells out the
color, picked using a person's foot for each letter and
whoever the counter lands on last is the person chosen.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00001970'S