The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Counting Out

I lit a match and it went out. (This is the rhyme)

Submitter comment: This is a game for choosing who will be "it."
Each player puts one foot into a circle.
One player recites the rhyme while touching
each player's foot in order. Every time the
word "out" is said, whoever's foot is touched
removes his/her foot from the circle.
The last player with a foot in the circle is "it."

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HEMLOCK

Date learned: 00001970S