tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638062269001811049.post229354099563964436..comments2024-01-05T17:19:58.859-08:00Comments on Westcountry Folklore: Wanted - your Childhood playground rhymes!Enthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105812373247325370noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638062269001811049.post-64835610455983702042011-04-02T11:47:43.102-07:002011-04-02T11:47:43.102-07:00Hello Laura,
Thank you very very much for those d...Hello Laura,<br /><br />Thank you very very much for those detailed description - I had just asked Lunar about British Bulldog this morning and it sounds pretty much the same, except her version the person in the middle had to bodily throw the person they had caught to the floor and pin them theri until everyone had crossed. It was banned in her school the entire time she was there (in Twerton, Bath) but happened every year any how. She said it took up the entire playground and involved everyone, often including a teacher trying to stop them all. Their was an honour code that the younger years where aloud to be near the edge where it was safer...<br /><br />Never heard of Man Overboard - thanks for that! We played Whats the time Mr Wolf, but me and Lunars versions seem a little different (see the draft post above). How did you play it?<br /><br />I will look for you on Facebook.<br /><br />Thanks again,<br /><br />ThomasEnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07105812373247325370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638062269001811049.post-39256571295707730022011-04-02T05:01:34.235-07:002011-04-02T05:01:34.235-07:00Hiya! Feel free to call me Laura :) oops my mistak...Hiya! Feel free to call me Laura :) oops my mistake with the cents bit, I cut and paste it off a childrens rhyme website and changed the bits that we sung differently, missed the cents bit though we did indeed sing pence!! The clapping rhythm... I remember you stood opposite someone and clapped your own hands together, then my right on their right, then your own hands together, then clapped both your hands on their hands 3 times in time with the 'mack mack mack' and 'black black black' etc. Then i think you did the same with the left hands this time. Not sure thats completely right though, long time ago!! :)<br /><br />British Bulldog - There were 2 parallel rows of kids, about 8 metres or so apart, and one person in the middle. The kids didnt exactly stand in rows, they usually just had to stay behind a certain line in the playground. Guy or girl in the middle had to catch the kids as they ran across from one side to the other, and if they were caught they had to stand in the middle and help catch more people, until only one person was left.. the winner!<br /><br />Man Overboard - Pretty much the same as above, apart from when you ran across the middle you couldnt join the other line until some one put their arm out and pulled you in. As you ran you shouted 'man overboard' in the hope that someone would notice and pull you in to safety! As above, there was a kid in the middle trying to catch the people running across, and if they were caught they became a catcher too.<br /><br />Also thought of another one, we played What's the time Mr Wolf! Think thats a pretty famous one played everywhere though :)<br /><br />I'll ask around on facebook and see what other rhymes my old school friends can remember! Have just added you on facebook (i think!) so will forward on any replies, and feel free to message if you need anymore info! :)The Faery Folkloristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04487251751662049629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638062269001811049.post-59050766289519888452011-04-01T14:30:35.278-07:002011-04-01T14:30:35.278-07:00Thank you Lunar and Faerie Folklorist - I will add...Thank you Lunar and Faerie Folklorist - I will add them to the growing post!<br /><br />Can you remember the clapping rhythm, Faerie Folklorist? (I copied yours down, Lunar). Was it really Cents Cents Cents, and not Pence Pence Pence?<br /><br />I remember the name British Bulldog as well, but cant recall how it goes... Was it that as you where caught you became a chaser as well, not instead of?<br /><br />What was Man Overboard?Enthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07105812373247325370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638062269001811049.post-88457740996822874412011-04-01T12:07:05.886-07:002011-04-01T12:07:05.886-07:00I remember a clapping rhyme we did, had to look it...I remember a clapping rhyme we did, had to look it up to remember the rest of the lyrics though, i'd totally forgotten the last verse!! :)<br /><br />Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack<br />All dressed in black, black, black<br />With silver buttons, buttons, buttons<br />All down her back, back, back.<br /><br />She asked her mother, mother, mother<br />For fifty cents, cents, cents<br />To see an elephant, elephant, elephant<br />Jump over a fence, fence, fence.<br /><br />He jumped so high, high, high<br />He touched the sky, sky, sky<br />And didn't come down, down, down<br />Til the 4th of July, July, July<br /><br />That was in Yeovil, must have been about 1988 or so I think.<br /><br />We used to to the Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich Man, poor man, beggar man, thief skpping rhyme too!<br /><br />Only games I remember well are British Bulldog and Man overboard!!<br /><br />Those were the days! :DThe Faery Folkloristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04487251751662049629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638062269001811049.post-71839697073690954522011-04-01T06:39:45.144-07:002011-04-01T06:39:45.144-07:00Willie was a watchdog lying in the grass.
Along ca...Willie was a watchdog lying in the grass.<br />Along came a bumblebee and stung him in the<br />Ask no questions, tell no lies.<br />Have you ever seen a policeman doing up his<br />Flies are a nuisance, bugs are worse.<br />This is the end of my little verse.<br /><br />My dad taught me this (he went to school in Bath too), then I taught all my school :o).<br /><br />Bath, late 1980's.Lunar Hinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12649116426473034929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638062269001811049.post-56528708578366634282011-04-01T06:37:30.365-07:002011-04-01T06:37:30.365-07:00My boyfriend's name is Tony
He lives in macaro...My boyfriend's name is Tony<br />He lives in macaroni<br />With a jelly on his nose<br />And ten back toes<br />And this is how my story goes<br />One day I was a-walking<br />I heard my boyfriend talking<br />To the prettiest girl <br />in the whole wide world<br />And this is what he said to her<br />I l-o-v-e love you<br />I k-i-s-s kiss you<br />So I jumped in the lake<br />And I swallowed a snake<br />And then I got a bellyache<br />Do me a favour<br />Drop dead!<br /><br />This is a lovely clapping song. The clapping pattern was quite complex, but evolved all the time.<br /><br />Bath, late 1980's.Lunar Hinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12649116426473034929noreply@blogger.com