Two in the Middle

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Two in the middle and two at the end, Each is a sister and each is a friend. A shilling to save and a penny to spend, Two in the middle and two at the end."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 (Daiken, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope sister friend money
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #575, "Two in the midde and two at the end" (1 text)
NOTES [31 words]: Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes lumps this with Douglas's 1916 rhyme "Two in the rope and two take end," but given the size of the sample, I just don't trust it and have kept this separate. - RBW
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File: AJRR575

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