<Dd> Just because you kissed a boy and girl behind the magazine . </Dd> <P> The first record of a similar rhyme is from about 1815, when children in New York City are said to have repeated the rhyme: </P> <Dl> <Dd> Hana, man, mona, mike; </Dd> <Dd> Barcelona, bona, strike; </Dd> <Dd> Hare, ware, frown, vanac; </Dd> <Dd> Harrico, warico, we wo, wac . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Hana, man, mona, mike; </Dd>

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