One to Make Ready

DESCRIPTION: "One to make ready, And two to prepare, Good luck to the rider, And away goes the mare." (The New Zealand version adds, "Salt, mustard, vinegar, pepper.")
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1853 (Halliwell)
KEYWORDS: playparty horse racing
FOUND IN: Britain US(So) New Zealand
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 103, "(One to make ready)" (1 text); also pp. 103-104, ("Onery, twoery, threery, same") (1 text, which combines the counting part of "One-ery, Two-ery, Ickery, Ann" with a "salt, mustard, vinegar, pepper" line also found in New Zealand texts of "One to Make Ready," "Baker, Baker, Bake Your Bread," and "Mabel, Mabel")
Opie/Opie-OxfordDictionaryOfNurseryRhymes 384, "One to make ready" (1 text)
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #656, p. 259, "(One to make ready)"
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Bluebells, Cockleshells" (verse regarding vinegar, salt, mustard, pepper) and references there
File: SuSm103A

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