The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

COUNTING OUT

EACH PERSON INVOLVED PUTS HIS TWO FISTS FORWARD AND
ONE PERSON DOES THE COUNTING OUT, SAYING ONE WORD AS HE
TAPS EACH FIST. THE RHYME IS:
INK, INK, BOTTLE OF INK,
THE CORK FELL OUT AND YOU STINK!
WHOEVER HAS THE WORD "STINK" SPOKEN TO HIM, PUTS THAT
HAND BEHIND HIS BACK. THE PROCESS CONTINUS UNTIL ONE
PERSON HAS ONE FIST LEFT, AND THAT PERSON IS IT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES