ID: 1036
Date: 1960s-2003
Title: Finders Keepers
Gender: Male and Female 
Classification: Gaining Possession 
Rhyme: 

Finders keepers 
Losers weepers.

(Kerikeri, 1960s; Christchurch, 1970s; Nelson, 1990s; Timaru, 2000; Tauranga, 2000; Whangarei, 2000, Fairlie, 2003)

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Background Info: Sometimes chanted as a tease or taunt.

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Origins in 1856.  Opie, 1967:136-7:

No halfers,
Findee, keepee,
Lossee, seekee.

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Keywords: gaining possession, code of oral legislation 
Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 2 
Incidence: 7