“_Ena, mena, mona, mite._
_Pasca, laura, bona, bite._
_Eggs, butter, cheese, bread._
_Stick, stock, stone dead._”
The object of a counting-out rhyme is to determine who is to be “it”
for a game. As each word is pronounced by the counter some one is
pointed at, and at the end of the verse the one last pointed at is
“it.”