Four Diddle-diddle-danders (Riddle)

DESCRIPTION: "Four diddle-diddle-danders, Two stiff-stiff-standers, Two lookers, and a switch-about, An old cow and you're It!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo)
KEYWORDS: cattle | counting-out
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 27, "RIddle" (1 text)
NOTES [27 words]: Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo calls this a riddle, but gives no answer; I can't see anything to distinguish it from many other semi-nonsense counting-out rhymes. - RBW
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File: WEMM027B

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