The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #63097   Message #1022362
Posted By: Ely
21-Sep-03 - 12:38 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Do kids still do clapping rhymes?
Subject: RE: BS: Do kid still do clapping rhymes?
We did the jump-rope rhymes too--double-dutch was THE thing, but I was taller than everyone else and they always whacked me in the head with the ropes, so I always had to be a rope-turner rather than a jumper. I know there are some books of jump-rope rhymes out there and I keep meaning to get ahold of one as a sort of folklore research project (they probably don't contain the "rude" ditties, though).