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 way of choosing it and beginning
play. They may be short and simple ("O-U-T spells out/And out goes
you") or relatively long and complicated; they may be composed of
ordinary words, arrant nonsense, or a mixture of the two. Roger D.
Abrahams and Lois Rankin have gathered together a definitive
compendium of counting-out rhymes in English reported to 1980.
These they discovered in over two hundred sources from the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including rhymes from England,
Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
Representative texts are given for 582 separate rhymes, with a
comprehensive listing of sources and variants for each one, as well
as information on each rhyme's provenience, date, and use.
Cross-references are provided for variants whose first lines differ
from those of the representative texts. Abrahams's introduction
discusses the significance of counting-out rhymes in children's
play. Children's folklore and speech play have attracted increasing
attention in recent years. Counting-Out Rhymes will be a valuable
resource for researchers in this field.
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