Old Mother Whittlehouse

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Old Mother Whittlehouse Had a big fit, First she did the merry-go-round, And then she did the split."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1942 (California Folklore Quarterly, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope
FOUND IN: US(SW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #406, "Old Mother Whittlehouse" (1 text)
File: AJRR406

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