Some versions of this rhyme use the racial slur "n-ger*" instead of "tiger". Since many similar counting rhymes existed earlier, it is difficult to know its exact origin.
The rhyme has existed in various forms since well before 1820 and is common in many languages with similar-sounding nonsense syllables. It is one of a large group of similar rhymes in which the child who is pointed to by the chanter on the last syllable is either "chosen" or "counted out". "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe"-which can be spelled a number of ways-is a children's counting rhyme, used to select a person in games such as tag, or for selecting various other things. INFORMATION ABOUT "EENIE MEENIE MINEY MO" RHYMES Those euphemisms are noted by an asterisk: *. NOTE: The word that is commonly given as "the n word" is given as "n-ger" or other incomplete spellings in this post. This 2021 post may contain a few of the examples that are included in one of those 2015 posts.ĭISCLAIMER: This post isn't meant to be a comprehensive listing of online examples of these rhymes.
#EENIE MEENIE MINEY MO SERIES#
Thanks to all who are quoted in this post.Ĭlick for the pancocojams post entitled " Versions Of "Eenie Meenie Miney Mo" Counting Out Rhymes In The United States".Īlso, c lick for for Part I and for Part II of a 2015 pancocojams series about "Versions Of "Eenie Meenie Miney Mo" Counting Out Rhymes In The United States." I am not compiling these examples for recreational purposes as I consider "the n word" to be very offensive regardless of the context.
The content is provided for folkloric and socio-cultural information. For folkloric purposes, I'm also interested in documenting examples of "Eenie Meenie Miney Mo" rhymes from the United Kingdom which include "the 'n' word" and which also include recollections about the chanter's reaction to and/or other people's reactiions to that word in those examples. I'm particularly interested in documented some examples of "Eeenie Meenie Miney Mo" rhymes from the United States that include demographic information (particularly when and where these rhymes were/are chanted). This post doesn't include speculation about the origin/s of "Eenie Meenie Miney Mo" rhymes. This pancocojams post presents some general information about "Eenie Meenie Miney Mo" counting out/choosing it rhymes and presents a compilation of some versions of these rhymes from the United Kingdom. This post is part of an ongoing pancocojams series on the "eenie meenie miney mo" counting out/choosing it rhymes and on eenie meenie epsileenie" jump rope/hand clap rhymes (or similar titles).
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