Caroline Pink

DESCRIPTION: "Caroline Pink Fell down the sink, She caught the Scarlet Fever, Her husband had to leave her." Or, "Old Mother Ink Fell down the sink. How many think She went..." Some number respond, say two: "T-W-O spells TWO, And out you must go If I say so."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren)
KEYWORDS: playparty disease doctor colors
FOUND IN: Britain New Zealand
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 96, ("Old Mother Ink") (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #56, "Caroline Pink, she fell down the sink" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Peter and Iona Opie, _I Saw Esau: Traditional Rhymes of Youth_, #97, "(Caroline Pink)" (1 text)
Roud #19389
File: SuSm096B

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