The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

JUMP ROPE JINGLE

MABEL, MABEL,
SET THE TABLE,
DON'T FORGET THE MUSTARD, VINEGAR, SALT, SUGAR, (TURN ROPE SLOWLY)
VANILLA, CLOVES (ETC.) PEPPER (TURN ROPE VERY FAST)

Submitter comment:

Learned sometime between 1954 and 1957.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP