Entten tentten teelikamentten
hissun kissun vaapula vissun
eelin keelin klot
viipula vaapula vot
Eskon saun piun paun.
Nyt sää lähdet tästä pelistä pois,
Puh pah pelistä pois![1]
which can be spelled a number of ways – is a children’s counting-out rhyme, used to select a person in games such as tag, or for selecting various other things. It is one of a large group of similar rhymes in which the child who is pointed to by the chanter on the last syllable is chosen. The rhyme has existed in various forms since well before 1820[1] and is common in many languages using similar-sounding nonsense syllables. Some versions use a racial slur, which has made the rhyme controversial at times.
