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Thread #89290   Message #1683915
Posted By: Azizi
02-Mar-06 - 11:05 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Origin of skipping rhyme - K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Subject: RE: Folklore: Origin of skipping rhyme - K-I-S-S-I-N-G
You're right Joe. Kids rhymes don't have to make sense.

And I like the idea that the words might have originally been "and a baby carriage".

But in my neck of the woods {Atlantic City, NJ, 1950s} I seem to remember saying "with a baby carriage". So I'm right too.

So there!

LOL!