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Does anyone remember hand games you played when you were little? I remember two:
Miss Sue, Miss Sue Miss Sue from Alabama Her real name's Suzianna She's sitting in her rocking chair eating baby crackers watching the clock go tick tock tick tock banana rock tick tock tick tock banana rock ABCDEFG Wash the spiders off of me Mushka Muska I want my Mommy Mushka Mushka I eat Salami Muska Muska I know karate Muska Mushka Oops! I'm sorry Mushka Mushka FREEZE! And Miss Suzy had a steamboat The steam boat had a bell (ding ding) The steam boat went to heaven Miss Suzy went to Hello operator, please give me number 9 And if you disconnect me, I'll chop off your Behind the 'frigerator there laid a piece of glass Miss Suzy sat upon it and broke her little Ask me know more questions Please tell me no more lies The boys are in the bathroom zipping up The flies are in the meadow, the bees are in the park Miss Suzy and her boyfriend are kissing in the D-A-R-K D-A-R-K Dark! Dark! Dark! The dark is like the movies The movie's like a show The show is like a movie show And that is all I know I know my pa I know I know my ma I know I know my sister with the 49er bra I remembered these by heart! I also remember playing handball and we only played with bus stops and rainbows, and leprechauns was such a cheap move. Do you remember hand games or other games you played as a kid? |
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Hopscotch
Handball against the steps outside Chinese jump rope (that's what we called it) |
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The second one sounds somewhat familiar. I vaguely remember Miss Mary Mack and Down Down Baby from the school bus. I have a stronger memory of Stella Ella Ola from the summers.
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Down by the bay where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank, something like that
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Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack
All dressed in Black, Black black With silver buttons, buttons, buttons All down her back, back, back I asked her mother, mother mother For a bag of quarters, quarters, quarters To see the elephant elephant elephant Jump over the fence, fence, fence, He jumped so high, high, high He didn't come back, back, back Till the 4th of July, ly, ly! I may have gotten some of those words wrong
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Red Rover
London Bridge
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Cat's Cradle (making shapes with the long piece of yarn)
Criss-Cross Applesauce (across someone's back) And, similar to the Miss Suzy songs, there was one about a Chinese Bakery ("I went to a Chinese Bakery to buy a loaf of bread...) |
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Wedgie Wars!
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I assume "rock, paper, scissors" (or whatever it's called) would be a hand game!
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I was 6? Sister a yr older...No idea where we learned this...will have to ask her...I remember it all or properly...spellings dubious. We played it against our kitchen wall I remember.
A catching game it was with a rubber ball. Each toss had a challenge...some self explanatory...you'll get the picture. One just had to complete the thing...that's about it. Tried it a few yrs ago...best left to the rubbery coordination of youth...that whirlabout and catch thing was the hardest back then...I'm outta practice.*grin* Eenies the clapsies Twirl about the bapsies Highs a-teenie Lows a- teenie Left hand Right hand Touch your toe and under she goes. Beginning and ending is right. Was longer too I think...Sis would know...she's my reference for all stuff kid. We do childhood nostalgia chats often...I'll have to bring up games. Should be fun. I'm 52 now...this indeed...is as the expression has it...'old school' I'll bet some-one somewhere has brought it out of the cobwebs...likely in an attempt to rouse bored restless grandchildren. *grin* |
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