dot-com wanes; eny, meny, miny, mo

[Laurence Horn]

It would be interesting to try to pin down the replacement pattern--by the
late 40's in New York, the only version around our part of town was "catch
a tiger by the toe", and I was amazed when I learned the existence of the
earlier one.

larry

>
>Eny, meny, miny, mo
>
>The rhyme at the end remained common in Milwaukee until at least the 1940s
>and possibly even longer.
>akra
>
>
>      The favorite in Milwaukee at the present time seems to be: "Eny, meny,
>miny, mo, catch a nigger by the toe; if he hollers, let him go--eny, meny,
>miny mo."  Doubtless the list could be indefinitely extended.--PECK'S SUN
>MAN.)