Eenie Meenie & Hazelnuts

[Greg Roberts]

I thought that referred to brazil nuts, not hazelnuts/filberts.

Greg Roberts

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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of
Warren Brewer
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Subject: Eenie Meenie & Hazelnuts


The Eenie-Meenie-Minie-Moe thread jarred loose the memory of having heard
<<hazelnuts>> referred to as <<nigger toes>>; informant grew up in
Maryland/D.C. area in the 1930s.

                                                                -----Warren
Brewer.