#clapping chant

[brightbeautifulthings]

Take me to the graveside, thrust your fists against the post, Take me to the crypt, I'll show you how to see the ghost. Take me to the slaughterhouse, take me to the tomb, Take me to the greenhouse where the lilies are in bloom. Count me out a eulogy in ones and twos and threes, Count me out an afterlife--four five six and freeze! Halloween! Halloween! You're back in flesh and bone! Halloween! Halloween! You'll never make it home! - common clapping rhyme among the ever-lasters of the twilight

Seanan McGuire, The Girl in the Green Silk Gown

[brightbeautifulthings]

Homecomer, hitcher, phantom rider, White lady wants what’s been denied her, Gather-grim knows what you fear the most, But you'd best keep away from the crossroads ghost. Talk to the poltergeist, talk to the haunt, Talk to the routewitch if it's what you want. Reaper's in the parlor, seizer's in a host, But you'd best keep away from the crossroads ghost. - common clapping rhyme among the ever-lasters of the twilight

Seanan McGuire, The Girl in the Green Silk Gown