Number One

DESCRIPTION: "Number One, touch your thumb, Number two, touch your shoe, Number three, touch your knee," "...touch the floor," "...touch your side," "...pick up sticks," "...jump to heaven, Number eight, lay them straight."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1955 (MidwestFolklore)
KEYWORDS: game nonballad | counting
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (1 citation):
MidwestFolklore, Dorothy Howard, "Ball Bouncing Customs and Rhymes in Australia," Volume 9, Number 2 (Summer 1959) p. 84, "Number One" (1 text)
File: MWF9084A

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