Here's a couple from Oz if they haven't been posted yet. I remeber most of these (actually - ALL of them - - - - sad. I must be getting old(er). Eeni Meenie macka racka rare rye dominacka Chickapop alollipop Rang pang puss Usually followed by: Penny on the water, Tuppence on the sea Threepence on the whirly-whirly You're not 'he' (UK or US kids might say "You're not 'it'") Another goes Eenie meenie makka rakka rear rie damma nakker rang pang push Here're a few others: Eerie oarie ickory am Queerbie quorby raspberry jam Filsy folsie Irishman Tickle em, tackle em; bosh AND Intery mintery cuttery corn Brambly briar and brambly thorn Wire briar barrel lock Three geese in a flock One flew east and one flew west And one flew over the cuckoo's nest (which is probably how the bbok and film of that title came to be - a nonsense rhyme and the fact that cuckoos don't build nests) Ickey ackey horses cackey (poo) what colour will it be? (child landed on would nominate a colour - preferably a long one to ensure they didn't get landed on for "it / he" . . . . Yellow - Y..E..L..L..O..W Whoever copped the "W" was "it" or "he" for the chasey game. I went to a Chinese restaurant to buy a loaf of bread He wrapped it up in a ten-bob note and this is what he said: "Eli eli chickabye chickabye, saw a sausage - in bed! Went to the other one, got me another one: Drop dead!" AND FINALLY I saw Esau sitting on a see-saw; I saw Esau sitting on a gate I saw Esau sitting on a see-saw; I saw Esau kissing our Kate Thes, of course were all 'counting rhymes to dtermine who was going to be doing the chasing in the game about to commence and were generally made as complicated as possible in order to prevent rigging the outcome. I also recall one that seemed to end with "Bumbarumba gosh - Nineteen Hundred and One!" (1901 being the year Australia achieved Federation status and the right to govern itself independent of English veto oe approval). Muttley My wasn't that fun!
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