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Superstition #96

Red and yellow, catch a fellow. Brookline, Mass.
Pink and blue, he’ll catch you. Deerfield, Mass.
Pink and blue, he’ll be true. Deerfield, Mass.
Black and white, hold him tight. Pennsylvania.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 96.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.