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No problem at all Brenda, I had trouble describing what I meant. Haha! I've been teaching my grandchildren a few in the hope that there life won't be all about technology (says she, using her iPad with her laptop and mobile by her side)
So far they have 'Queenie o coco, who's got the ball' and 'Nebucanezer, the king of the Jews' under their belt :-)
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Thanks Helen,
Brings back memories of my days in Glasgow!!
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I went to the Pictures, tomorrow
I got a front seat at the back
I fell from the Pit to the Gallery
and broke every bone in my back.
;-)
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Over the garden wall
I let the baby fall
My mother came out
She gave me a clout
I asked who she was bossing about
She gave me another
To match the other
For letting the baby fall
Over the garden wall!
Happy tales!
:-D :-D :-D
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Sorry Iris.
...I only just noticed as well that Harry started the post with the one I put....senior moments,but it's nice to recall our youth and note that all these innocent games that have come down through earlier generations have died out since all this technology has evolved.
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Hi Brenda, 'pepper' in my post is when the rope is turned really fast so that it goes under the feet twice during one jump.
I also remember a skipping game called high, low, Johnnie, pepper. You jumped to a fast rope saying this and then you had to skip thus depending which one you were 'out' on. If you landed on high then the rope was turned at about ten inches off the ground so you had to jump high. If low you had to crouch down and the rope hit the floor but turned at about two foot just scraping past your head. Johnnie was a swinging rope and you jumped side to side and pepper was a very fast skip.
I also used the same words for the girl guide in blue. :-)
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Joan...I was thinking of ...I'm a little girl guide...said it exactly as you did!
And the skipping one that Iris said ended in pepper was...salt ,mustard.vinegar ,pepper.
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and who remembers ..what time is it mister wolf
or skipping cat´s cradle ?
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The clapping song
Three-six-nine the goose drank wine
The monkey chewed tobacco on the street car line
The line broke the monkey got choked and they all went to heaven in a little row boat
Clap pat, clap pat, clap pat, clap pat
Clap pat, clap your hand, pat it on your partner's hand, right hand
Clap pat, clap your hand, cross it with your left arm
Pat your partner's left palm
Clap pat, clap your hand, pat your partner's right palm with your right palm again
Clap slap, clap your hand
Slap your thighs and sing a little song, go
My mama told me if I was goody that she would buy me a rubber dolly
My aunty told her I kissed a soldier
Now she won't buy me a rubber dolly
Three-six-nine the goose drank wine
The monkey chewed tobacco on the street car line
The line broke the monkey got choked and they all went to heaven in a little row boat
Clap, clap, clap your hands and prepare to pat
Clap, take your right arm, pat your partner's right palm with your right palm
Clap, take your hand back and clap and clap and clap and clap
Clap, take your right arm, cross your right arm with your left arm
Pat your partner's left palm with your left palm
Clap, now back with a clap
Slap, take the pats of your palms and slap your thighs and watch the fun materialize as you sing this little song
My mama told me if I was goody that she would buy me a rubber dolly
My aunty told her I kissed a soldier
Now she won't buy me a rubber dolly
Three-six-nine the goose drank wine
The monkey chewed tobacco on the street car line
The line broke the monkey got choked and they all went to heaven in a little row boat
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, slap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, slap
My mama told me (Told me) if I was goody (Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, slap) (If I was goody)
That she would buy me a rubber dolly (Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, slap) (A rubber dolly)
My aunty told her I kissed a soldier (Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, slap)
Now she won't buy me a rubber dolly (Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, slap)
My mama told me (Clap, clap, clap, clap)
Lyrics taken from this page
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Cee cee oh playmate I cannot play other you
Cos my dollys got the flu so I flushed her down the loo.
But now I'm older I do not play with toys
I play with b.o.y.s b.o.y.s boys.
It was a clapping game we used to play. Another one we used to play which had actions for both hands and feet at the same time was Double Double. Every time we said double we would clap our own hands together whilst jumping on the spot. When we said this we would clap palms with our partner whilst jumping legs apart and when we said that we said that we would clap the back of our hands together with our partner whilst jumping cross legged. All this was done as fast as possible.
Double double this this.
Double double that that.
Double this double that.
Double double this that.
We also played things like helicopter with a skipping rope and also played BB and Red Rover. Red Rover was banned as a few kids broke their arms but we still played it anyway when the teachers weren't looking.
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I think it went on PK penny a packet, packet
First you stick it on your jacket, jacket etc
We did it as a skipping rhyme in the 60s. The last word was skipped 'pepper' (the rope going twice under one jump) so, packet packet the rope went twice under the rope for each word, then three times and so on until you were out
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A 'two ball 'game from my childhood ......reciting the following ...
Pk penny a packet, first you chew it , then you stick it on your jacket.. The rest I cannot remember ! :-) :-S
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Here's our school dinner recitation. The second verse is not for the faint-hearted.
Worms for breakfast, dinner and tea.
Nobody knows what they mean to me.
The big ones slip and the little ones slide
Right in the middle of my inside.
Cut off their heads, suck out the juice,
Throw the skins away.
Nobody knows how I survive
On worms three times a day.
Enough to put you off your school dinner ... or not!
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A skipping song from the 60s
Nebucanezer, the king of the Jews
Bought his wife a pair of shoes
When the shoes began to wear
Nebucanezer began to swear
And these are the words he said
Lady, lady touch the ground
Lady, lady, turn right round
Lady, lady, show your fancy knicks
Lady, lady do the splits
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This is such a lovely thread.
Ali bali'
canny shove yer granny.... and most of the others just make me want to smile....
Skipping ropes and balls, doublers or not, all the things which kept us fit.
The poor children today are not so lucky.... all the silly 'safety' rules.
Deanna X
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Ali Bali Ali Bali Bee sittin on ma mammy's knee
greetin for a wee baw bee to buy some Cooter's
Candy.
Sorry about the spelling.
Emmax
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Thank you Linda and all other posters. Nice to record some of these before they recede into the depths of time.
best wishes to all. Happy days
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My mum used to recite this one to me ...and then to her grandchildren and now to her gt grandchilden lol
Miss Nan Knockabout
Wouldn't wash her face
And everybody said it was a real disgrace
Mud soot and marmalade smeared her cheeks and chin
And no-one would guess that she had a pretty white skin
One day a chimney sweep knocked on nancys door
Little maid you are the one I adore
Please say you'll marry me your face is just like mine
We'll be a pair of chimney sweeps wouldn't that be fine
But Miss Nan Knockabout screamed and ran away
And ordered twenty pounds of soap that very same day.
After a family meal my dear Granddad always used to say..."what shall we do with the pots"...we all shouted "throw them through the window"!
Happy days Harry (lovely to see you posting)
Linda
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Hi all. Maggie: we used to say:
i am a pretty little Dutch girl
As pretty as pretty can be
And all the boys down my street
Go crazy over me.
My boyfriend's name is Fatty
He comes from Switzerlatty
With a pimple on his nose
And turned up toes
And this is how my story goes
One day as I was walking
I heard my boyfriend talking
To a pretty little girl with a golden curl
And this is what he said
"I'll k-i-s-s kiss you,
I l-o-v-e love you"
And then I walked up slowly
And gave him a clip round the ear
And then I pulled the little girl's curl
Until she showed a tear!
This was a fantastic clapping song!
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Excellent stuff. thanks to all the contributors. Remember Valentine - the man in black - quite frightening.
Never did it myself, but people used to play with string - cat's cradle type of thing?
Happy days
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