Children's Folkgames 2000
Web Site of Children's Folkgames
http://digilander.iol.it/cfgames2000/
Project Address
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/6504/projects/
"Duiliu Zamfirescu" School, FOCSANI, Romania
These are some of the games which we play at home and in School
Rhymes
Ma Ma will you buy me a
Plainy_Packet_of_Rinso
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I like playing Kerbs. If you want to play Kerbs you have to have a ball and stand on a footpath. One person stands on one side of the road and one on the other side. When you are playing you have to hit the kerb on the other path and if you forward throw you get 10 points and if you backwards throw you get 50 points. When you get points you move into the middle of the road and continue to throw the ball at the kerb. You stay in the middle until you miss and the n you run back to the path which you were standing on. If the person on the other side hits you with the ball while you are running back thy get all you points. And this is how you play KERBIE. Rachel Ennis CBS
This game is Called KERBS or KERBIE Two people play. One person stand on one path facing the road and the other person stand on the opposite path. You use a bouncing ball and throw the ball and try to hit the kerb of the other path. The other person has to catch the ball before it hits the kerb, while still remaining on the path. You can throw the ball backward or forward. If you throw the ball forwards you get 10 points and if you throw the ball backwards you get 50 points. When you win points you move to the middle of the road and throw the ball at the kerb and get points each time you succeed. If you miss you run back to you kerb as fast as you can but if the other hits you with the ball before you get there you lose all your points! Casey Ennis CBS One person is "on " and has a pretend gun. The others stand in front and and the person who is "on" says "OK Run" and then pretends to shoot the runners. Those who are shot must fall as dramatically as possible and the person who is "on" chooses the Best faller who is then "on" Anne Ennis CBS Donkey This is a ball game called "Donkey" All the players stand in a circle and throw the ball to one another. If you drop the ball you are now "D" and if you drop it a second time you are "O" and so on until you are "DONKEY" when you have dropped the ball six times. If you are Donkey you have to act like a Donkey!!!!!! Have fun! Ciara Ennis CBS The Game I like to play is called "All After" In this game you must have more than 5 people. One person is "off" and all the others who are "on" count to ten. They then chase the person who is off. The person who catches the person who is "Off" is then "off". And so the game continues. Paul CBS Ennis The Game which I like to play is "Tig Caught" and this is how you play. One person is "on" and they stand in the middle of the place where you are playing. There can be twenty people or you can have more people or less. There are two "dens", one at one end of the road, and one at the other end. Everyone who is "off" goes to one "Den" and on a count of three they all run over to the other den. the person who is "on" tries to catch them and whoever gets caught is "on" as well. The last person to remain uncaught is the winner. If the person who is "on" goes inside the "den" the people who are "off" get a free walk. That means that they cannot catch you until they get to the other side. This is good fun, so go on, have a try and play it! Rona Ennis CBS 52 Bonkers is the game I like to play You need five or more players to play. One person is in "Den" and with his/her back to the other players, counts to fifty-two. The other players run off and hide. When the person who is "on" has finished counting he/she turns round and tries to find the others. When he/she spots somebody, he/she runs back to den and Shouts "52 Bonkers, I see (name). The named played tries to beat the "0n"player back to den, and shouts "52 Bonkers Save my soul " if he/she gets back their first. If the last player "off" beats you to den, you are on again. If you beat him/ her to "den", the first person caught is "on". Michael Ennis CBS I really like skipping. There are lots of different ways to skip. You can skip just jumping, or kicking your legs backward while skipping. You can do criss-crosses, or twirls while jumping the rope. There are lots of different songs to sing while you are skipping. Here is one: Not last night, but the night before, Twenty-four robbers came knocking on my door. As I ran out to let them in, This is what they said to me: Spanish Lady, tip the ground, Spanish Lady, turn around, Spanish Lady, give high kicks Spanish Lady, do the splits,! You must do all the actions that they (the people who are singing that is) tell the Spanish Lady to do!" Skipping is just so much fun! Hannah CBS Ennis The game I like is called Head or Tails and this is how you play. It is a simple game to be played by about 10 people. These people stand and cross their legs and if you are "on" you spin a coin. If the coin lands "tails" you may now dare someone of you choice to do something. But is it lands "heads" you must ask a question of Truth. This game is also called "Truth and Dare" Fergal Ennis CBS This is the game we like to play. We all stand in a ring and one person goes in and out of the ring tapping the others on the shoulder and singing: Bluebell, Bluebell in and out your window Bluebell, Bluebell in and out your window Bluebell, Bluebell in and out your window Johnny, I am tired Take a little girl (boy) and tap her on the shoulder Take a little girl (boy) and tap her on the shoulder Take a little girl (boy) and tap her on the shoulder Oh, Johnny I am tired. Jack Rang 3
This is a Clapping Rhyme that I like. Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate you Chocolate, Chocolate, I love you. Sarah Rang 3 Skipping Rhymes Drippo, Droppo the sailor's on the sea Ask Annie Oakley to buy Lyons Tea If she does'nt bur Lyons Tea Please take the rope from me. With you I must not miss a loop-i-o Drippo Droppo the sailor's on the sea Me oh my they're after me Are you coming are you coming, Are you coming to the Fair I went and I went and there's no Fair there With you I must not miss a loop-i-o
Wallflowers, Wallflowers growing up so high Especially (name) she is the youngest child O fie for shame Oh fir for shame Oh turn your back against the game. Turn you back to Sausage Jack and say no more to me For if you do I'll chop you up in tow And that's the end of me and you.
In and out the dusky bluebells In and out the dusky bluebells In and out the dusky bluebells Oh Johnny I am tired. Tapper-rapper-rapper on her shoulder Tapper-rapper-rapper on her shoulder Tapper-rapper-rapper on her shoulder Oh Johnny I am tired.
Vote, Vote , Vote for DeValera In walks (Fiona) at the door-i-o (Fiona) is the one that will have a bit of fun And we don't want (name) anymore-i-o. All in together girls Never mind the weather girls When I count ot 20 The rope must be empty.
Never mind the weather girls When I say your birthday You must go out. January, February, March, April, etc. Fiona Rang 3 This is a Clapping Rhyme 3,6,9, The goose Drank wine, The monkey chewed Tobacco on the street carline The line broke, the monkey got choked, And they all went to heaven in a little rowing boat.
my Mamma told me if I was goody That she would buy me a rubber dolly But someone told her I kissed a soldier Now she won't buy me a rubber Dolly Clap Clap!
Skipping Rhyme There's somebody under the bed Whoever can it be I feel so very nervous I call for (Paula) in (Paula) lights a candle There's nobody there With your hee-hi-diddly-eye And out she goes!
Chase, follow, miss a loop you're out You never told a lie on baldy (Paula) That was on baldy (name) That was on baldy (name) That was on baldy (name) Chase, follow, miss a loop you're out.
Ball Game Over Packet of Rinso Uppy Packet of Rinso Downy Packet of Rinso Dashy Packet of Rinso Hoppy Packet of Rinso Twirly Packet of Rinso Tobacco Packet of Rinso Right leg Packet of Rinso Left Leg Packet of Rinso Under Packet of Rinso I am on game and in this book I write my name.
The Grass is green The Rose is Red Remember me when I am dead When I am dead and in my grave And all my bones are rotten Some little girl will read my name When I am quite forgotten Paula and her Mother Doreen
These are Rhymes which we use to decide who will be "on" in a Game Train Train number nine, Running on the Cork line If the train goes off the track do you want your money back? Yes or no? Y_E_S spells Yes and you are out like it or not! My mother and your mother were hanging out the clothes. My mother gave your mother a dig on the nose. What colour was her Blood? Answer: (Blue) B_L_U_E spells Blue and you are out like it or not! Linda Ennis CBS
Ittle, Attle, out Ittle, Attle Bluebottle, Turn the Dishcloth inside out. "Mickey Mouse, Rock and Roll" Father Damien Webb of Tralee recorded more than 40 Children's Games in 1960 and produced a tape called "Mickey Mouse, Rock and Roll". Here are some of the rhymes from pre 1960 |
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All dressed in black, black, black With silver buttons, buttons, buttons All down her back, back, back She asked her mother, mother, mother For 50 pence, pence, pence To see the boys, boys, boys Jump over the Fence, fence, fence They jumped so high, high, high They reached the sky, sky, sky The didn't come back, back, back Till the first of July, July, July FREEZE
Ma Ma will you buy me a.
Ma, ma will you buy me a Buy me a, buy me a Buy me a banana
Yes my dear I'll buy you a Buy you a, buy you a Yes my dear I'll buy you a Buy you a banana
Ma, Ma, will you peel the skin Peel the skin, Peel the skin Ma, ma will you peel the skin The skin on my banana
Ma, Ma will you take a bite, Take a bite, take a bite Ma, Ma will you take a bite A Bite of my banana
Ma, Ma you took too much You took too much You took too much Ma, Ma you took too much Too much of my banana |
She sat neath the lilac
She sat neath the lilac and played her guitar Played her guitar, played her guitar She sat neath the lilac And played her guitar Played her guitar He sat down beside her and smoked a cigar Smoked a cigar, smoked a cigar He sat down beside her and smoked a cigar Smoked a cigar oom picka picka oom picka picka oom pick pick pick He told her he loved her but Oh how he lied, Oh how he lied Oh how he lied He told her he loved her but Oh how he lied, Oh how he lied They were to get married but Somehow she died, Somehow she died, Somehow she died They were to get married but Somehow she died Somehow she died He went to the funeral but Just for the ride Just for the ride, just for the ride He went to the funeral but Just for the ride Just for the ride,
She went up to heaven and Flip flop she flied Flip flop she flied She went up to heaven and Flip flop she flied Flip flop she flied
He went down to hell and Sizzled and fried, sizzled and fried Sizzled and fried He went down to hell and Sizzled and fried, Sizzled and fried
Oom picka picka Oom picka picka Oom pick pick pick
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This is the Project Address if you would like to see games from around the world. "Duiliu Zamfirescu" School, FOCSANI, Romania
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