I Hear the Teacher

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme for revealing a birthday: "I hear the teacher tapping on the window, January, February... [birth month]. One, two, three.... [Birth day of month]. Monday, Tuesday... [Day of birth], One, two... [current age]."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1980 (Solomon-ZickaryZan)
KEYWORDS: playparty jumprope
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 60, "I Hear the Teacher" (1 text)
Roud #19417
File: ZiZa060A

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