Counting-Out Rhymes : : A Dictionary / / ed. by Lois Rankin, Roger D. Abrahams.

Eeny, meeny, figgledy, fig. Delia, dolia, dominig, Ozy, pozy doma-nozy, Tee, tau, tut, Uggeldy, buggedy, boo! Out goes you. (no. 129) You can stand, And you can sit, But, if you play, You must be it. (no. 577) Counting-out rhymes are used by children between the ages of six and eleven as a special w...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:American Folklore Society Bibliographical and Special Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Getting to It, or A Special Way of Beginning
  • Notes to the Introduction
  • A Guide to the Dictionary
  • Counting-Out Rhymes
  • A
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  • E
  • F
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