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Dipping Rhymes.

the_great_she_elephant — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:28:46 GMT

OK Folks, Let's go on a little nostalgia trip. What were the "dipping" or counting out rhymes you used in the school playground.

I can recall several from my school days in England, but I'm sure those of you who grew up here or in other countries would remember different ones. Meep I'd love to hear some of the ones you and your friends used..

We had the ubiqitous "One potato, two potato .... ,of course, but others I remember included:

Dip, dip, dip,

My blue ship,

Sails on the water

Like a cup and saucer

O U T spells OUT (or occasionally IT)

and:

Inky, pinky, ponky,

Daddy bought a Donkey

Donkey died, Daddy cried,

Inky , pinky, ponky.

I also wonder, were the counting out rhymes used exclusively by girls, or did boys use them for their games too?

Re: Dipping Rhymes.

*crikey*mate* — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:36:24 GMT

I haven't ever heard of those, but I learned about dunking on CS a few weeks ago. That was a boy thing.

Re: Dipping Rhymes.

the_great_she_elephant — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:40:02 GMT

@my*favourite*poster wrote:
I haven't ever heard of those, but I learned about dunking on CS a few weeks ago. That was a boy thing.

These rhymes were for choosing who was going to be IT in games of chasey or hide and seek etc.

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*crikey*mate* — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:43:21 GMT

I also learned about Duck Duck Goose on CS?

But apart from that, I must have lived a deprived child hood, cos we just did the old scissors/paper/ rock thing.

And these days, after the flying fox negligence case, I don't think kids are allowed to have fun anymore.

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j*oono — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:48:17 GMT

The main one was Eeny, meeny, miny, moe but that one was very un pc. I think the words have been changed now.

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imastawka — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:48:35 GMT

I thought by now someone would have come up with

Eeny meeny miney mo

Catch a ****** by the toe

If he hollers

Let him go

Eeny meeny miney mo

Re: Dipping Rhymes.

*crikey*mate* — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:49:14 GMT

oh, I remember that one.

so not such a deprived childhood afterall.

Re: Dipping Rhymes.

the_great_she_elephant — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:56:05 GMT

We had a rather un PC one too:

My mother and your mother were hanging out clothes,

My mother gave your mother a punch on the nose,

What colour was the blood?

The child the count stopped on would then nominated a colour, e.g blue, and the count would continue;

B L U E blue - so out you go for saying so.

Where that one originated, heaven only knows. Children are such delightful little creatures

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the_great_she_elephant — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:30:24 GMT

And here's another one - I m not sure if it was a dipping or skipping rhyme. It was collected by Iona and Peter Opie and included in their anthology THE LORE AND LANGUAGE OF SCHOOLCHILDREN. I never heard it used in a playground myself, and I would guess the school(s) it came from were probably in thes slum areas of big industrial cities such as London, Manchester or Birmingham. The implications in the rhyme and the casual acceptance of them by children are simply horrendous.

Down by the water, down by the sea,

Lily got a baby, blamed it onto me.

I told Ma,

Ma told Pa,

Lily got a hiding so ha ha ha.

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j*oono — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:36:33 GMT

I think you are right about that one She_el. It kind of reminds me of a book I read by Martha Long. Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes. Martha was brought up in a Dublin slum.

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kengillard — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:45:31 GMT

one two buckle my shoe

three four knock at the door

five six

pick up sticks

seven eight

lay them straight

nine ten

a big fat hen.

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illicit69 — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:47:25 GMT

Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old;
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot, nine days old.

Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the water spout.

Down came the rain, and washed poor Incy out.

Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain

And then Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the spout again.

Tell -tale-**bleep**

Your tongue will split

And all the puppy dogs

Shall have a bit

(the last one will probably be removed, but that was one of our favourites at School, many, many years ago)

OMG I really must be getting old!

Re: Dipping Rhymes.

kengillard — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:50:16 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranges_and_Lemons

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serendipityricho — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:51:08 GMT

Mary had a little bike

the pump was up the front

every time she hit a bump

the pump ------fell off.......................................Richo.

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kengillard — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:54:29 GMT

norti Richo!!! LOLOL

Mary had a little lamb

and the doctor fainted.

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illicit69 — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:56:46 GMT

Ring-a-ring o' roses,
A pocket full of posies,
A-tishoo! A-tishoo!

We all fall down

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darksideofthemoon — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 03:01:41 GMT

OUT spells out

And out you must go

If I say so...

is the first that comes to mind.

There is another one but it's not acceptable nowadays and that's a good thing.... however I will try and hope you get the gist just for old rhyming history's sake

Eeny Meeny Miney Mo

Catch a N....r by the toe

If he hollers let him go

Eeny Meeny Miney Mo

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darksideofthemoon — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 03:02:32 GMT

Oh well I see you have all beaten me to it... serve me right for not reading right through first

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the*scarlet*pimpernel — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 03:02:55 GMT

Eeny meeny miny mo was the most common 'dipping' rhyme.

We also used the spud rhyme.

One potato, two potato, three potato, four.

Five potato, six potato, seven potato, MORE

the MORE person was 'it'

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darksideofthemoon — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 03:05:34 GMT

one two buckle my shoe

three four knock at the door

five six

pick up sticks

seven eight

lay them straight

nine ten

a big fat hen

and it gos on

Eleven twelve, dig and delve

Thirteen fourteen maids a'courting

Fifteen sixteen maids in the kitchen

Seventeen eighteen Maids a waiting

Nineteen twenty my plate's empty.