The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Jump Rope Rhyme

Ice cream, soda, ginger ale, pop

Tell me the initials of your sweetheart:

(Then the person jumping says the alphabet

until she misses.  The letter on which she

misses is her sweetheart's initial.)

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname.

Where learned: DETROIT ; DETROIT, MICHIGAN

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump