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>At 02:26 PM 9/10/98 -0500, the question was raised:
>>b) when they used to count tubs in the Ashington area they used the same
>>numbering system as they used for counting sheep. It went something along
>>the lines of "Um, Tum, Tiggera". Does anyone know how it went all the way
>>up to 20 - which I gather was the limit.
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>The more usual version is:
>Yan, tan, tethera, fethera, phubs....
>but I don't know the rest.
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