The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

COUNTING OUT

TO PICK "IT", YOU SAY
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, IN A DISH,
HOW MANY BUBBLE GUMS DO YOU WISH?
1, 2, 3, 4, ... THEN YOU GO AROUND AS MANY TIMES (TO AS
MANY PEOPLE) AS THE PERSON SAID NUMBERS AND THAT PERSON IS
OUT. YOU CONTINUE UNTIL EVERYONE IS OUT EXCEPT ONE,
AND THAT PERSON IS "IT."

Submitter comment: THE PERSON WHOM YOU ARE TOUCHING THEIR FOOT AFTER GOING AROUND THE CIRCLE PICKS A NUMBER AT THIS TIME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT