Counting-Out Rhymes: A Dictionary

by Roger D. Abrahams

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292739761
• ISBN13: 9780292739765
• Release Date: April 1980
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"