Articles about 'Counting-out Rhymes'
August 17th, 2012
Here’s Inky Binky Bonky, a counting out rhyme with a video…
Inky Binky Bonky
Inky Binky Bonky, Daddy had a donkey, Donkey died, daddy cried, Inky Binky Bonky.
When I was a kid we did with a similar counting...
April 12th, 2012
I’ve recently been asked about a counting-out rhyme chanted in Indiana. This rhyme may have its origins in an old Gypsy magic spell.
Marsha wrote to me about the rhyme that was chanted by her grandmother:
“I’ve been trying to find the source of a chant my grandmother taught me. My mother (who is 86) has...
April 1st, 2012
Rhiannon Daymond-King sent me a counting-out rhyme called “Zinty Tinty” with this note:
“I was taught a counting rhyme by my father, who said it came from his mother. Her mother was Swedish, so he thought it was in Swedish (or possibly Norwegian given that the part of the country she was from used to be...
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November 9th, 2011
Wendy wrote about a cool Scottish rhyme. It’s a type of rhyme called a counting-out rhyme. Counting-out rhymes are used to choose in games… generally you count-out players who leave the game. Whoever’s left at the end is "It". Here’s what Wendy wrote:
My grandfather was from Scotland and taught my brother and I this counting...
September 24th, 2011
Nonsense rhymes are particularly hard to translate because they often make only partial sense. We find it helps to try to translate what we can, even if part of the rhyme is left in the original language.
Here’s a Polish counting-out rhyme that was sent to us by Agnieszka Magnucka. It’s for choosing who’s...
May 13th, 2010
Andy wrote looking for information about a Scottish song and whether or not anyone out there is familiar with it. Here’s what he wrote:
Hello. I was taught a song from my Scottish relatives and wonder if you know of it.
Inty, tinty, tamerary, ram, tam, toosh.
Go under your bed and find a wee fat moose.
Cut...
February 5th, 2010
We’re thrilled to add counting-out rhymes to our collection of English nursery rhymes whenever we come across them. Counting out rhymes help choose who goes first in a game, or who’s “It”. I found these rhymes below in a book of games called What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes...
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