Grace, Grace, Dressed in Lace

DESCRIPTION: Skipping/counting game. "Grace, grace, dressed in lace, Went upstairs to powder her face. How many boxes did she use? One, two three...." (Or "five, ten, twenty....")
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren)
KEYWORDS: clothes playparty jumprope | Grace lace counting
FOUND IN: US(NE,Ro,SE,So)
REFERENCES (7 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 109, "(Grace, Grace, dressed in lace)" (1 text)
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 53, "Grace, Grace" (1 text)
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, #3, "(Grace, Grace, All dressed in lace"); #45, "(Grace, Grace, dressed in lace)"; #71, "(Grace, Grace, Dressed in lace)"; #136, "(Grace, Grace, dressed in lace)" (4 texts)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 127, "Grace, Grace, dressed in lace" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #158, "Grace, Grace, dressed in lace" (1 text)
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, (Joan McCaskill, collector), "Rope-Skipping Games", Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jun 1948), p. 10, "(Grace, Grace, dressed in lace)" (1 text)
MidwestFolklore, Vance Randolph, "Jump Rope Rhymes From Arkansas" Volume 3, Number 2 (Summer 1953), p. 78, "(Grace, Grace, dressed in lace)" (1 text)
Roud #19323
File: SuSm109B

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