on 14-12-2013 12:28 PM
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?
on 14-12-2013 01:45 PM
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.
on 14-12-2013 01:47 PM
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!
on 14-12-2013 01:50 PM
on 14-12-2013 01:51 PM
Mary had a little bike
the pump was up the front
every time she hit a bump
the pump ------fell off.......................................Richo.
on 14-12-2013 01:54 PM
norti Richo!!! LOLOL
Mary had a little lamb
and the doctor fainted.
on 14-12-2013 01:56 PM
Ring-a-ring o' roses,
A pocket full of posies,
A-tishoo! A-tishoo!
We all fall down
on 14-12-2013 02:01 PM
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
on 14-12-2013 02:02 PM
Oh well I see you have all beaten me to it... serve me right for not reading right through first
on 14-12-2013 02:02 PM
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'
on 14-12-2013 02:05 PM
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.