P.K. Chewing Gum

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "P.K. chewing gum, penny a packet/racket, First you chew it, then you crack it, Then you stick it in your jacket, P.K. chewing gum...." (Or, "Then your mother kick(s) up a racket."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1955 (MidwestFolklore)
KEYWORDS: jumprope food clothes mother | chewing gum
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Bord)) Australia
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #462, "P.K. chewing gum, penny a packet (racket)" (1 text)
MidwestFolklore, Dorothy Howard, "Ball Bouncing Customs and Rhymes in Australia," Volume 9, Number 2 (Summer 1959) p. 85, "P.K. Chewing Gum" (1 text)
Roud #19073
File: AJRR462

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