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"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" – which can be spelled a number of ways – is a children's counting-out rhyme, used to select a person in games such as tag, or for selecting various other things. It is one of a large group of similar rhymes in which the child who is pointed to by the chanter on the last syllable is chosen.
Included in Robert Chambers' Popular Rhymes of Scotland from 1842. Hot Cross Buns: Great Britain 1767 [43] This originated as an English street cry that was later perpetuated as a nursery rhyme. The words closest to the rhyme that has survived were printed in 1767. Humpty Dumpty: Great Britain 1797 [44]
The French rhyme Une balle en or, tu sors: "A ball made of gold, you're out" Counting out game played by Igbo children from Nigeria (These rhymes may have many local or regional variants.) Eeny, meeny, miny, moe; 10 Little Indians; Five Little Ducks; Ip dip; One, Two, Three, Four, Five; Tinker, Tailor (traditionally played in England) Yan Tan ...
In the later Lantz comic books Woody Woodpecker Back to School #1 and 2 (1952-53), the three monkeys starred in comic stories of their own. The spelling of their names changed to Meeny, Miney and (sometimes) Mo. In the comics, the trio spoke English in a style roughly mimicking the Three Stooges. While Meeny's name no longer exactly matched the ...
“I did eeny, meeny, miny, moe,” the Sneads Ferry man told lottery officials with a laugh. ... The rhyme ended up working wonders for the Onslow County resident, whose $5 scratch-off ended up ...
These nursery rhymes are of an uncertain origin. Pages in category "Nursery rhymes of uncertain origin" ... Eeny, meeny, miny, moe; F. Five Little Speckled Frogs;
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