ID: 458
Date: 1990s - 2003
Title: Black foot
Gender: Male and Female 
Classification: Counting-out 
Rhyme: 

Black foot, black foot, 
Change your black foot.

(Palmerston North, 1990s; Porirua, 2003)

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Black shoe, black shoe, black shoe, dot.
Black shoe, black shoe, black shoe, dot.
(Dot refers to 'losing a life' - each person has 2 lives.)

(Napier, 1990s)

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Background Info: Children stand in a circle with their feet in the middle. The leader counts a round, touching feet while chanting the  rhyme. When both feet have been touched, then that player is eliminated. 
Bauer, 2002, Sect. 17:14 reported this rhyme as only being found in the North Island.

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Keywords: counting-out 
Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 6 
Incidence: 3