Cups and Saucers Set for Tea

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Cups and saucers set for tea, How many are there? You and me." (Or, perhaps, one, two, three....)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Bluebells My Cockle Shells, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | dishes
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #92, "Cups and saucers set for tea" (1 text); cf. #94, "Cup, Saucer, Plate" (1 text, which perhaps combines "Cups and Saucers Set for Tea" or "Cups and Saucers, Plates and Dishes" with "High, Low, Slow, Dolly")
Roud #20480
File: AJRR093

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