Spelling Game (Blue spells B-L-U-E; T-W-O Spells Two; My Mother and Your Mother)

DESCRIPTION: "T-W-O spells two, and O-U-T spells out... My mother gave your mother A punch on the nose, And what color was the blood? (Red) R-E-D spells red, and O-U-T spells out. My mother and your mother Had a fiddle... Chopped it in the middle... How many strings?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren)
KEYWORDS: playparty wordplay music mother
FOUND IN: New Zealand US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, pp. 96-97, "(T-W-O spells two)" (1 or more texts; it's not clear which are continuous)
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 71, "My Mother and Your Mother" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "One Two Three Four, Mary at the Cottage Door" ("O-U-T spells out" lyric) and references there
cf. "My Mother and Your Mother (I)" (lyrics)
File: SuSm096F

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