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Ipsey, Pipsey, Tell Me True

Ipsey, Pipsey, tell me true / Who shall I be married to…

AlphabetFortune tellingLong rope

Ipsey, Pipsey, tell me true
Who shall I be married to?
A, B, C, &c.

How to play

Letters: the initial of the one to whom you'll be married.

Where this rhyme comes from

Printed
1898
Where
Hurstmonceux, Sussex

We have copied these words exactly as they were printed in 1898, spelling and all. The book marks it as a skipping rhyme.

Source: Alice Bertha Gomme, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, vol. II (London: David Nutt, 1898), 'Skipping', pp. 200–204. Rhymes collected by Miss Chase (public domain).

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