The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

06151958

MY MOTHER YOUR MOTHER LIV%S ACROSS THE STREET,
1819 BROADWAY STREET,
EVERY NIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT AND MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER
RIGHT IN THE NOSE,
HOW MANY PUNCHES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3,...

Submitter comment: MY COUSIN TOLD ME THIS JUMP ROPE RHYME WHEN I WAS VISITING HER.
THE GIRLS WOULD USE THIS RHYME WHILE JUMPING ROPE IN 1958.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; HAZELTON

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump