step on a crack, break your mother's back

step on a crack, break your mother's back

A children's rhyme about the superstitious belief that stepping on a crack, as in the sidewalk, will cause one's mother's back to break. It's a true summer day in the neighborhood—the kids are outside playing red rover and tag and shouting things like "Step on a crack, break your mother's back!"
See also: back, break, on, step
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • rabbit, rabbit(, rabbit)
  • ladybug
  • ladybug ladybug, fly away home
  • ladybug, ladybug, fly away home
  • weeper
  • wish on
  • wish on (someone or something)
  • wish upon
  • finders keepers(, losers weepers)
  • finders, keepers