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Noun Concept
Categories: Counting-out rhymes, Articles with short description, Nursery rhymes of uncertain origin, Traditional children's songs, Anti-black racism in the United States
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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe  Eeny, meeny, miny  Eenee, Meenee, Mainee, Mo  Eenee, meenee, mainee, mo!  Eenee meenee mainee mo
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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. Wikipedia
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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. Wikipedia
Folk song Wikidata
A method of choosing between two or more people or things, used by children. A child points to each item in turn (or alternately), while saying a rhyme starting "Eeny, meeny, miney, moe", moving to the next item after each quarter-line (i.e. each word or pair of syllables). The item pointed to on the last word of the rhyme is the one chosen. Wiktionary
Similar children's counting-out games in other languages. Wiktionary (translation)
FORMAT OF CREATIVE WORK
song
HAS QUALITY
traditional folk song
LANGUAGE OF WORK OR NAME
Dutch
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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
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Eeny, meeny, miny
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