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To: simpson96

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) there’s always this:

Some versions of this rhyme used the racial slur “nigger” instead of “tiger”. Iona and Peter Opie in The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (1951), remark that the word “nigger” was common in American folklore, but unknown in any English traditional rhyme or proverb. They quote the following version:[3]

Eena, meena, mina, mo,
Catch a nigger by his toe;
If he squeals let him go,
Eena, meena, mina, mo.


9 posted on 11/22/2025 10:32:53 AM PST by kawhill (What is it you want of me? I can't hear you. )
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