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Scotland (late 80s/early 90s): (adults present) Ibble ubble black bubble ibble ubble out (no adults) It dit dog shit you are not it

Don't really hear it any more though - kids today with their "hash" tags and their clever telephones are really missing out, I think.

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We use to run (Northern NSW, Australia), as an eeny meeny variant, 'Ip dip dog shit / You stood in it / What colour was it?' where 'it' would then name a colour, which would then be spelled out in a counting round (R-E-D) - and then 'D' would be 'It'.

If you were called upon first and knew enough colours of differing lengths, and I did, then you could ensure any specific person would become 'It' at the end of the round.

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