Peaches in the Parlor

DESCRIPTION: Rope-skipping or counting game. ""Peaches in the parlor, Apples on the shelf, [name's] getting tired Of sleeping by herself. How many times did she sleep by herself? One, two...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: playparty food
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #455, "Peaches in the parlor" (1 text)
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, (Joan McCaskill, collector), "Rope-Skipping Games", Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jun 1948), p. 11, "(Peaches in the Parlor)" (1 text)
Roud #21856
File: NCFJ1PIP

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