lls out!

Another Scotch version:--

One-ery, two-ery, tickery, ten,
Bobs of vinegar, gentlemen;
A bird in the air, a fish in the sea;
A bonnie wee lassie come singing to thee.
One, two, three!

Of the "Eeny, feenity, fickety, feg" rhyme, we find these evident
varieties. This, said to be used in the West of Scotland:--

Zeeny, meeny, fickety, fick,
Deal, doll, dominick;
Zarity-panty, on a rock, toosh!

This in Cumberland:--

Eeny, pheeny, figgery, fegg,
Deely, dyly, ham and egg.
Calico back, and stony rock,
Arlum, barlum, bash!

In the United States:--

Inty, minty, tippity, fig,
Dinah, donah, norma, nig,
Oats, floats, country notes;
Dinah, donah, tiz,
Hulla-ballop-bulloo,
Out goes you!

This curious one in Edinburgh:--

Inty, tinty, tethery, methery,
Bank for over, Dover, ding,
Aut, taut, toosh;
Up the Causey, down the Cross,
There stands a bonnie white horse:
It can gallop, it can trot,
It can carry the mustard pot.
One, two, three, out goes she!

Again, in Scotland:--

Inky, pinky, peerie-winkie,
Hi domin I.
Arky, parky, tarry rope,
Ann, tan, toozy Jock.

This is truly American--the first line of which, by the bye, is derived
from, or is borrowed by, the College song, "King of the Cannibal
Islands":--

Hoky poky, winky wum,
How do you like your 'taters done?
Snip, snap, snorum,
High popolorum,
Kate go scratch it,
You are out!

That this also is from beyond the "pond" is evident:--

As I was walking down the lake,
I met a little rattlesnake.
I gave him so much jelly-cake,
It made his little belly ache.
One, two, three, out goes she!

In the West of Scotland they sometimes say:--

Ease, ose, man's nose;
Cauld parritch, pease brose.

Forfarshire bairns say:--

Eemer-awmer, Kirsty Gawmer,
Doon i' Carnoustie, merchant-dale.
Leddy Celestie, Sandy Testie,
Bonnie poppy-show.
You--are--out!

And elsewhere, but still in Scotland:--

Eatum, peatum, potum, pie,
Babylonie, stickum, stie,
Dog's tail, hog's snout,
I'm in, you're out.

Or:--

Eerie, orie, owre the dam,
Fill your poke and let us gang;
Black fish and white trout,
Eerie, orie, you are out.

Another goes:--

A ha'penny puddin', a ha'penny pie,
Stand you there, you're out by.

The last appears in Chambers' _Popular Rhymes of
Scotland_, which interesting collection embraces also the
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