General Chat

We used to play

Queenie Queenie who's got the ball,

See I haven't got it and I haven't got it

etc.

The only other ball games we had were Kingasene, and Tapuwae
which were probably only ever played in NZ.

Skipping:

All in together girls, this fine weather girls

and then the mind goes blank -

not ure which version i did just know i spent hours practiing must of drove my mum mad the bandg bang of the balls on the wall

Nebucanetzer,the King of the Jews,
Bought his wife a pair of shoes,
When the shoes began to wear,
Nebucanetzer began to swear,
When the swearing began to stop,
Nebucanetzer bought a shop,
When the shop began to sell,
Nebucanetzer bought a bell,
When the bell began to ring,
Nebucanetzer began to sing,
Doe ray me so fa me ray doe.

Oh yes Joan i remember it well..i remember swinging it under me legs then going to bring it up over me head, but caught my eye instead lol

The other one we used to play was Donkey

I used to love playing two balls but I'm blowed if I can recall any of the rhymes that went with it . One of the best places to play was against the drill hall wall down the alley . As weeks went on more and more balls would get stuck in the guttering. Every now and then we would get my Dads big ladders and get a brave boy to got up and get them all back.........lol

Happy days : ))

I remember the Alley,alley oop one..but not most of the others.

Bless the bed that I lie on ??

Dawn

I think the next line was.....Take the balls and carry on

ours was
Matthew, mark luke and john

and cant remember the rest.

Used to do it in our porch as could keep dry but still play.

Now that was a skipping song eh Carol?

We used to hold hands and somehow wind ourselves around and under and around ...

The big ship sails on the Alley Alley Oh,Alley Alley Oh,Alley Alley Oh, On the last day of September.

P.

I am a Girl Guide
Dressed in blue.
These are the actions I must do
Salute to the King
And bow to the Queen
And turn right round on a lump of string

At my school we did:

Plainsey Mrs Brown, Plainsey Mrs Brown,
Plainsey, Plainsey, Plainsey, Plainsey,
Plainsey Mrs Brown................ Then.....

Dropsey Mrs Brown, Dropsey Mrs Brown etc followed by

Upsey , Overs, Unders etc etc etc ............................

I can still remember the old red brick wall we used to play against.

Carolyn

1,2,3, halliluya
4,5,6 halli luya
7,8,9, halliluya
10 halliluya start again xxx

Blimmin heck Allan,

I didn't do that one Allan because well.... I didn't have the B***s.

You better get back where you belong.

We are all watching.

P

We three kings of Orient are
One on a tractor, two in a car
One on a scooter
Tooting his hooter
Following yonder star
Oh, oh
Star of wonder
Star of light
Star of bewdy, she'll be right
Star of glory, that's the story
Following yonder star . ..

P.

While shepherds washed their socks by night, all seated on the ground, a cake of Lifebuoy soap came down ? and soapsuds splashed around.

We did not have TAA over here so it was a long the Motorway.

Perse

Morning ladies

Some of the ones i remember was
Archie Ball, Ball,ball King of the Duke, Duke ect
PK penny a packet,
When i was 1 i sucked me thumb the day we went to sea

If i think of anymore i'll add

i dont remember that one.
Im 41 and mums from lancashire .I was born in oz so I was trying to work out where the ara chikera one came from.
We here in oz had a rhyme about jingle bells batman smells robin runs away ( batmans mate ), wonder wowan lost her bosom flying TAA ( an old aussie airline.

I can remember playing 2 balls but not the rhymes, do you the hand slap thing as well where you sing under the barn bush under the tree boom boom true love for me my darling true love for you.....something like that anyway...