This is in reply to Victoria Linchong’s message on 11/24/99, regarding the last part about the game played in a ring. I played a game like that a few times in elementary school. I don’t remember any “Eenie”, but I don’t remember it all, either. Here’s what I do remember: …And the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank. eep, op, eep op op, Skiddle, diddle, ker-PLOP! The person who was supposed to get hit on plop had to try to make the person slapping their hand miss. They stayed in if they made the other person miss. Otherwise they were out.

I am thrilled to find this site. When I was in the second grade I lived with my grandmother in New York City, on East 87th Street. I went to St. Joseph’s Catholic School just down the street. I was introduced to jumprope during recess at school. One of the rhymes I remember went like this, and I’ll bet everyone who has ever jumped rope knows this one: Down in the meadow Where the green grass grows There sits Paula As sweet as a rose She sang and she sang and she sang so sweet Along came Johnny and kissed her on the cheek! How many times did he kiss her? The rope turners would double-time the turns and everyone would be yelling the count! What fun and what memories. Thanks so much for this wonderful website.

Zing zing zing enie menie tipsy tenie oom ba ba barini hatchi catchi liberatchi I love you. Take a peach take aplum take a piece of chewing gum stick it here stick it there stick it in your teachers hair. No more school no more books no more teachers dirty looks yeah!