Re: [lace-chat] Re: MORE Childhood Rhymes & Chants
Dear Jane, I wrote a letter to my love And on the way I dropped it Somebody must have picked it up And put it in their pocket Thief, thief, drop it, Thief, thief, drop it... Thanks for that - exactly the same in Australia in the 50s. Anyone remember a skipping rope chant which went:- Andy Pandy sugary candy French almond raisin rock. I can even remember how to do that one Another favourite was:- Wash the dishes, dry the dishes, turn the dishes over - bit like oranges and lemons game David in Ballarat To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: MORE Childhood Rhymes & Chants
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David in Ballarat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >I found this fascinating, for the game you describe is virtually the >same as what we knew as "Drop the hanky" and I'm sure we had a chant >for that too, but it wasn't yours and I can't for the life of me >remember it now. We used I wrote a letter to my love And on the way I dropped it Somebody must have picked it up And put it in their pocket Thief, thief, drop it, Thief, thief, drop it... at which point the hankie was dropped behind the new "it" and the rhyme was sung again. Oranges and Lemons, and In and Out the Scottish Bluebells are two I remember from Brownies (many years ago!). Skipping at junior school used to be Matthew, Mark, Luke John Next one in, follow on. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: MORE Childhood Rhymes & Chants
Tamara, Taffy was a welsh man, I took the piece of beef, And threw it at his head. That would most probably be a chant for a ball game I reckon. Why do you reckon so? Mainly because we did have numerous rhymes for ball games where the ball was thrown AT someone on the last word of the ditty. I shall gift the emroidered handkerchief to *you*! It was a "select the next it" game, with everyone standing around in a circle singing the chant, while the thrower walked inside the circle, stopping for the next "it", when the song was over. And then the routine started over again. The trick was to time your walking speed so as to end in front of someone you liked -- and were willing to kiss, after dropping the hankie at his/her feet :) I found this fascinating, for the game you describe is virtually the same as what we knew as "Drop the hanky" and I'm sure we had a chant for that too, but it wasn't yours and I can't for the life of me remember it now. I don't know whether Candida's rhyme was ever supposed to *mean* anything -- most of those things seemed to care mostly about rhyme and rhythm and only superficially about making sense -- but I'd bet it was written by an Englishman, not a Welshman... There's nothing more uplifting than a bit of neighbourly "love" :) I'd say you're pretty spot-on there. David in Ballarat To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] More rhymes
While we're on the subject of rhymes, has anyone else heard of this one? My mum used to say it with me when I was very small, but lately she had Alzheimer's disease, and died, so I couldn't ask her 8-( Naughty little Nicodemus Never thought to raise his hat, Only nodded like a ninny; Nobody was pleased at that. And then there was something about noblemen and nursemaids ... it sounds Victorian, or Edwardian, to me now. So what came next? Margery. [EMAIL PROTECTED] in North Herts, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Childhood Rhymes & Chants
As well as Eeny, meeny, miney, mo, and One potato,two potato (the counter's fist being tapped on top of the countees' fists), we had: Each, peach, pear, plum Out goes Tom Thumb; Tom Thumb's not here - Out goes YOU! Also, to choose between two people (say team leaders, to decide which one gets to pick first), we did Tick Tack: the two of you stand facing each other, an arbitrary distance apart. You go "Tick" while placing one foot close in front of the other. The he goes "Tack" and puts his foot close in front of the other ... each heel goes down touching the toe of the previous foot. The winner (determined by foot lengths and initial distance) is the one who finishes with his toes on top of the other's toes. More fair and less predictable . Margery. [EMAIL PROTECTED] in North Herts, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: MORE Childhood Rhymes & Chants
> >> Taffy was a welsh man, > >> Taffy was a thief. > >> Taffy came to my house, > >> And stole a piece of beef. > >> > >> I went to Taffy's house. > >> Taffy was in bed. > >> I took the piece of beef, > >> And threw it at his head. I learned the last two lines as: I took a marrow bone And hit him on the head. As a young child, I used to read the Tall Book of Mother Goose over, and over, and over..until my mother bought a new copy for the city library and let me keep the old one at home. Alice in Oregon .. cloudy and warm, but not hot -- just right for lace demo in the park this weekend. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Childhood rhymes and chants - Taffy was a Welshman
I haven't yet read through the rest of the rhymes that have been posted, but my friends and I use to chant "Taffy was a Welshman" while bouncing and catching two tennis balls against a wall (two-ball juggling against a wall), matching the rhythm of the chant to the bounce of the balls. We had competitions to see how many times we could chant all the way though the rhyme before dropping one of the balls. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
