I Know Something I Won't Tell

DESCRIPTION: Counting-out rhyme. "I know something I won't tell: Three little (rabbits) in a peanut shell. One can sing and one can dance, One can make a pair of pants. O, U, T spells OUT goes she."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo)
KEYWORDS: animal dancing music clothes | counting-out
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 27, "(I know something I won't tell)" (1 text)
MidwestFolklore, W. L. McAtee, "Some Folklore of Grant County, Indiana, in the Nineties," Volume 1, Number 4 (WInter 1951), p. 256, "(I know something I won't tell)" (1 fragment)
File: WEMM027A

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