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Babs: Re Oct 24 message….

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Babs: Re Oct 24 message. My mom demonstrated to me back in the early 70s one of the interpretations of Puff The Magic Dragon. Hers was this: “Puff” the Magic “Drag on” Lived by the “C”. (for cigarette) And frolicked in the autumn “mist” in a land called Hannalee. Little jackie “paper”, loved that rascal “puff”. And brought him gifts and “sealing wax” and other fancy “stuff”. I learned it was a reference to marijuana.

Just spent the weekend with…

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Just spent the weekend with our granddaughters and tried to teach them Russian ball (as we called it in North Philly.) I could remember – onsies- no bounce, twosies – one bounce, threesies – clap before catching, foursies – rolly/polly, fivesies – throw ball from under your raised leg. From there I remember one was to turn around, another was to clap hands front and back but there are still three missing. Does anyone remember all ten? Another question. Did anyone play advanced A my name is Alice? I.e., ten A’s?

I remember this funny song/game…

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I remember this funny song/game I learned… It’s too bad you need to hear the tune for it to sound right… You sing any nursery rhyme, and cut it off in the middle like so: o/ Jack sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean. So he put her in a pumpkin shell and- threw her out the window! The window! The 16th story window! The window! The window! The 16th story window! Here’s another: Little miss muffet, sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and ways! Along came a spider, and sat down beside her- so she threw it out the window! The window! The 16th story window! The window! The window! The 16th story window! Or: Jack and jill went up a hill to fetch a pail of water, jack fell down and broke his crown- and threw it out the window! The window! The 16th story window! The window! The window! The 16th story window! You have to sing it right, though…

My grandmother and your…

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My grandmother and your grandmother, sittin by the fire My grandmother says to your grandmother, gonna set your flag on fire Talkin bout hey now, hey now, iko iko anay Talkin bout fena, ana lay, talkin bout fena lay. My fat boy and your fat boy, sittin by the fire My fat boy says to your fat boy, gonna set your flag on fire Talkin bout hey now, hey now, iko iko aney Talkin bout fena, ana lay, talkin bout fena lay.

I remember these games:…

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I remember these games: Freeze tag, tag (lots of versions!), hide and seek, keep away, King of the mountain (on snow-hills in winter, it involved pushing off whoever tries to ‘take over’ the ‘mountain’), red rover (I loved that one!). Some tag stuff: -you had to decide whether or not ‘electricity’ was allowed- whether or not, if someone is on goal, they can grab someone who isn’t and make them ‘safe’. -the rhyme to get people off a goal: “One two three, get off my father’s apple tree or you are it” -I remember kids would call goal different things… I always used to call it glue, and someone called it ghoul! I played these in the 80s/ early 90s

How much wood would a woodchuck…

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How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. Say it fast: She sells seashells by the seashore. Rubber baby buggy bumpers– this has got to be one of the hardest!

The way I always played…

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The way I always played Chinese jumprope was “In, out, side by side, on, in, out.” In- jump with both legs inside of the ropes. Out- jump out of the ropes. Side by side- Straddle one side of the rope (with one leg on each side of it), then straddle the other side of the rope. On- step on one side of the rope with each foot. out-jump out to one side. If you did it without messing up, then the rope gets higher, and so on. I was ok at double dutch, I didn’t get to play much because most of the kids I knew didn’t play it. I was GREAT at turning the ropes, though, hehe…

Hey, isn’t it interesting…

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Hey, isn’t it interesting how different people know slightly different rhymes? I guess some people hear it differently, or they add things on to it. It’s kinda like that game “telephone” I’m 18, so most of the games/rhymes I learned in the 80s it’d be interesting to know how long these were around…