The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

COUNTING OUT

AS YOU GO AROUND THE CIRCLE OF KIDS, YOU COUNT EACH OF
THEIR HANDS AND SAY:
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, OR.
THE ONE WHO ENDS UP WITH THE "OR" PUTS THAT HAND
BEHIND HIS BACK AND IT CONTINUES UNTIL EVERYONE IS OUT
EXCEPT ONE PERSON, WHO THEN BECOMES "IT."

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 11-26-1970