The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

JUMP ROPE RHYME

HOUSE FOR RENT, INQUIRE WITHIN,
WHEN I MOVE OUT LET (NAME) MOVE IN.
A PLAYERS NAME IS CALLED. WHEN THAT PLAYER HAS HAD HER TURN SHE
CALLS ANOTHER, UNTIL THE LAST ONE IN SAYS, WHEN I MOVE OUT LET
THE HOUSE FALL IN, AND THE ROPE TURNERS STOP.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00001960S