My Father Built a Little Red Schoolhouse

DESCRIPTION: Counting-out rhyme. "My father built a little red schoolhouse. How many nails did he put in it?" (The end of the rhyme might be when the speaker says "It," or the person pointed to might name a number and the count goes on using that number)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo)
KEYWORDS: work | counting-out
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 30, "(My father built a little red schoolhouse)" (1 text)
File: WEMM030B

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