If "five, six" is "pick up sticks", what is "seven, eight"?

Answer 1

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe is a nursery rhyme, which goes like this

One, two, buckle my shoe
Three, four, shut the door
Five, six, pick up sticks
Seven, eight, lay them straight
Nine, ten, a big fat hen
Eleven, twelve, men must delve
Thirteen, fourteen, maids are courting
Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen
Seventeen, eighteen, maids in waiting
Nineteen, twenty, my platter's empty ...

A form of this nursery rhyme appears in several of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies being chanted by children:

One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
Three, four, better lock your door.
Five, six, grab your crucifix.
Seven, eight, gonna stay up late.
Nine, ten, never sleep again.


Origins of the lyrics to "one two buckle my shoe" rhyme
These nursery rhyme lyrics have no traceable connection with any events in history. There is no historical or political association to one two buckle my shoe. Devised as a pleasurable and fun way to teach children how to count using one two buckle my shoe and its different imagery to fire a child's imagination. The rhyming used in one two buckle my shoe helps aid knowledge retention.

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Answer 2

1 2 drink my goo 3 4 slap a whore 5 6 pick up stix 7 8 fornicate 9 10 use the hen 11 12 fcuk an elve 13 14 wake up that morning 15 16 get to thinking 17 18 that was degrating 19 20 this wasnt funny!

Answer 3

Seven Nation Army

Answer 4

15

Answer 5

"Seven, eight" is "LAY THEM STRAIGHT", where eight sticks are being laid straight. It is a part of the traditional nursery rhyme called "One Two Buckle My Shoe", which is a part of "Mother Goose Rhymes".

One Two Buckle My Shoe aka "1 2 Buckle My Shoe"
One two buckle my shoe
Three, four, knock at the door
Five, six, pick up sticks
Seven, eight, lay them straight
Nine, ten, a big fat hen
Eleven, twelve, dig and delve
Thirteen, fourteen, maids a-courting
Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen
Seventeen, eighteen, maids in waiting
Nineteen, twenty, my plate's empty.

The primitive method of counting was by fingers, then simply by placing object by object in a line which this rhyme could have originated. It is said that this rhyme is about a slave.

"One Two Buckle My Shoe" is devised as a pleasurable and fun way to teach children how to count using one two buckle my shoe and its different imagery to fire a child's imagination. The rhyming used in one two buckle my shoe helps aid knowledge retention.

Unlike some of the nursery rhymes, "one two buckle my shoe" have no traceable connection with any events in history and there is no historical or political association in this rhyme.

Rhymes and chants have been used since the earliest history. They began as invocations to spirits and gods. When Christianity took power, the ancient Pagan practices were wiped out. Slowly, after centuries, fragments of rhymes from these early Pagan rituals resurfaced and were called nursery rhymes. Some claim that nursery rhymes are little more than jibberish made up by illiterate nannies who sang them as songs to lull little children.♥

Answer 6

5 6 Pick Up Sticks

Answer 7

Seventy Eight

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Answer 8

Lay them straight. Silly

Answer 9

Lay them straight

Answer 10

Lay them straight