The Counting-out Rhymes of Children: Their Antiquity, Origin, and Wide Distribution, a Study in Folk-lore

A. J. Ellis acht allalong American children apple barfuss bibbity biberte Bicke Bobtail vinegar bona boys buck buckle my shoe Butter cast lots child cleromancy Compare Rhyme Conn counting counting-out counting-out rhymes crackabone customs deena deux Dick divination doggerels drei Dunger Dutch Eena Eeny eggs eleven Engelland England English flew Folk-Lore formulæ fünf geht German girl Halliwell's Hartford Harum Haus Hickory ickery Irish Mary Kamin Kommt Lady Fisher limber lock M. H. Mag magical meena meeny Meier merry goes mijn minty miny monkey mony muss naus neun Nicholas John nigger North Germany Notes and Queries Nursery Rhymes O-U-T spells One-ery pebble puff raus repeated rhabdomancy Rochholz scarum Scheune Schleswig-Holstein Schwaben Scotland sechs sieben Simrock sortilege spells out goes steht Stick stry Switzerland Translation trois twaddleum twenty-one two-ery Variation viel vier Vloten wack words zwei