162 Counting out Rhymes
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Monkey, monkey, bottle of beer,
How many monkeys have we here?
One, two, three, out goes he.
Wire, brier, limber lock,
Six geese in a flock.
Two flew east,
Two flew west,
Two flew over the cuckoo’s nest.
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One, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
All good children go to heaven.
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My father built a little house,
How many nails did he put in it?
The one pointed out as “it” may say any number he pleases, but the common answer is “fifteen.” Then those in the game are counted on, and the one who is fifteen “is out.”
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A rhyme with the same idea was put in words like the following:—
My father had a horseshoe,
How many nails did he put in it?
The one to whom the last word comes shuts his eyes, and tries to guess a number which, when the counting begins with
