That’s hilarious, just the other day I had a student ask me “where did that saying come from?” I had to admit I had no idea.
The first teacher to replace “sitting Indian style” with “crisscross applesauce” deserves to be in the Teacher Hall of Fame.
And I need to know the origin story of how they came up with “crisscross applesauce.” Were they actually eating applesauce at the time?