Typically, one child administers the “shot”, using an index finger to trace circles and dots on another child’s forearm while reciting the rhyme, “Circle, circle, Dot, dot, – Now you’ve got the cootie shot!” In some variations, a child then says, “Circle, circle, Square, square, – Now you have it everywhere!” In this …
Moreover, are cooties fatal?
They can be devious, these little bugs. They don’t make you sick (in fact they cause no symptoms at all) and they are never fatal – except maybe when a fellow citizen tries to beat an infection out of you, or when a bullied teen chooses suicide over torment.
Likewise, is there a cure for cooties?
Thankfully, unlike meningitis, cooties is 100% curable and preventable with the cooties shot.
What does cooties mean in love?
phrase. used for saying that you do not want to get close to someone.
What is a circle with a dot music?
fermata (plural fermatas or fermate) (music) The holding of a note or rest for longer than its usual duration; also the notation of such a prolongation, usually represented as a dot with a semi-circle above or below it, written above or below the prolonged note or rest.
What is the cooties shot?
A “cooties shot” supposedly vaccinates the recipient against cooties. Drawing on bare skin with a fingertip (or a pen) and suiting actions to words, chant, “Circle, circle, dot, dot. Now you’ve got your cooties shot.”