# ID this nursery rhyme/proverb/thingie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-nursery-rhyme-proverb-thingie/134592 "2002-10-30T20:36:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-nursery-rhyme-proverb-thingie/134592/1 "2002-10-30T20:36:55Z")
Thia may set a new record for vague recollection. All I can recall is it has something to do with the number of times one sneezes. One means a wish, two means a kiss? Something like that. Anyone got the skinny? ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-nursery-rhyme-proverb-thingie/134592/2 "2002-10-30T20:53:37Z")
[http://realmagick.com/articles/64/2264.html](http://realmagick.com/articles/64/2264.html) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-nursery-rhyme-proverb-thingie/134592/3 "2002-10-30T22:14:32Z")
“One sneeze, a wish Two sneezes, get your filthy germs away from me” ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-nursery-rhyme-proverb-thingie/134592/4 "2002-10-31T17:05:53Z")
I doubt the veracity of the sourcing since the page includes the long-debunked “ring around the rosie is about the plague” saw, but the wording is pretty close to what I remember. Thanks!