Date:    Thu, 12 Mar 1998 07:46:43 -0500
<br>From:    Susan-Marie Harrington  sharrin[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IUPUI.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: Ring around the rosie(s)
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<br>My growing-up neighborhood had yet another v ariant--we said "allie allie
<br>olsen free" (and never stopped to wonder what it meant, I"m sure).
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<br>  Beverly Flanigan wrote:
<br>    explained or not.)  Ditto with "Allie allie in/oxen free"--why these words?
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<br>And Mike Salovesh said: 
<br>  said when I was growing up -- "outs in free", i.e., those who had not
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<br>Susanmarie Harrington                                sharrin[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]iupui.edu
<br>Indiana University-Purdue University,Indianapolis    (317) 278-1153
<br>Dept. of English, 425 University Boulevard           fax: (317) 274-2347
<br>Indianapolis IN 46202-5140
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