Cups and Saucers, Plates and Dishes

DESCRIPTION: "Cups and saucers, plates and dishes [or "china dishes"], There goes Sally [or "my old man"] in calico britches."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1898 (Gomme, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope clothes | dishes
FOUND IN: New Zealand
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 90, "(Cups and saucers, plates and dishes") (1 short text); p. 109, "(Cups and saucers, plates and dishes)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #92, "Cups and saucers" (1 text); cf. #94, "Cup, Saucer, Plate" (1 text, which perhaps combines "Cups and Saucers Set for Tea" or "Cups and Saucers, Plates and Dishes" with "High, Low, Slow, Dolly")
Roud #20353
File: SuSm090B

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