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Thread #89290   Message #4153160
Posted By: GUEST,guest
20-Sep-22 - 01:45 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
I remember it as a jump-rope rhyme (1960s, southern Indiana):

[Boy Name] and [Girl Name] sittin' in a tree,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
First comes love, second comes marriage,
Then comes [Girl Name] with a baby carriage.
How many babies will there be?
1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . .
(etc., until you miss a step jumping rope, which you ended up doing because you started laughing so hard in thinking about the couple in question having soooooo many babies!)