Five, Ten, Fifteen, Twenty, Nobody Leaves the Rope Empty

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme/game. "Five, ten, fifteen, twenty, Nobody leaves the rope empty, If they do, they shall suffer, Take and end and be a duffer."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren)
KEYWORDS: jumprope | rope counting
FOUND IN: New Zealand
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 105, "(Five, ten, fifteen, twenty)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #144, "Five, ten, fifteen, twenty" (1 text)
File: SuSm105D

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