Lumi Sticks (Luni Sticks, Lummi Sticks, Lemmi Sticks)

DESCRIPTION: Stick game with nonsense words probably based on Maori: "Ah ko way, ko wee ah kin, way, ko wee ah kin." Or " Ma Koo Ay, Ko Tay O, Ay Koo e Tah no." Or something
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2014 (Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: nonsense foreignlanguage campsong
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 424-425, "Lemmi Sticks" (notes only)
NOTES [121 words]: This is a game song played with sticks. Averill calls it an "intellectual challenge," but it seems more a physical challenge: to manage the words, and the stick game. The origin of the lyrics is almost certainly Maori, although many other nationalities have been claimed for both the words and the game. Since anything else I could say would be speculative, I will refer you to the mudcat.org thread "info Lumi sticks," which has several descriptions of the game and a lot of version of, or speculation about, the words.
Averill claims this is in Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, but since she cites neither a page nor his title for the game, I have no way of checking this or linking the songs. - RBW
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