Rick Rick Toe

DESCRIPTION: "Rick, rick, toe, Here I go, If I miss, I come to this." Or "Tip, tap, toe," or "Tit, tat, toe," etc. Or "Tic, tac, toe, My first go, Three jolly (butcher) boys, All in a row. Stick one up, Stick one down, Stick one in the old man's crown."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren)
KEYWORDS: playparty
FOUND IN: New Zealand
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 150, "(Tic, tac, toe)"; "(Rick, rick, toe)"; "(Tip, tap, toe)";"(Tit, tat, toe)" (4 texts)
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 31, "(Tit, tat, toe)" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Ticky-Tack-Too" ("Tic Tac Toe" lyric)
cf. "Tic-Tac" ("Tic Tac Toe" lyric)
cf. "The Cobbler (III)" ("Tic Tac Toe" lyric)
File: SuSm150A

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