Going Back To School Again... Playground Games!

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One of the most popular games at school, for girls at least and some boys actually joined in with us, was skipping. We'd go off to school with our skipping ropes in our satchels, or tucked under our arms, and wait, patiently for playtime. It would almost be a daily ritual. Just before playtime, in the mornings, remember, we had those dinky glass bottles of milk, and perhaps a biscuit or two, or a piece of fruit? Woof that down and out we filed into the playground. lol. Groups of us would form in the playground, with a longish rope, and two children would be elected, one to hold and turn each end of the rope. We'd play particular skipping games, to rhyme, and a couple of the rhymes I remember are as follows. See if you remember them. Granny's in the kitchen, Doing a bit of stitching, IN comes a bogeyman (a new child comes in), And pushes her out! (The new child in would push the other gently, and she would jump out of the rope). That was one of my favourites. You got to jump the rope eight times to the rhyme before you were pushed out by the incoming "bogeyman". lol. All in together Never mind the weather When I call your birthday You must jump in January, February, March, April, May, June,July, August September, October, November, December (When your birth month was called you jumped in) All out together it's mighty fine weather when I call your birthday please jump out 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. up to 31 (When your birth date was called you jumped out) January the 31st was a mighty long skip, and must have caused shortage of breath. I don't remember too many more... just a couple... so I'm going to call on you. Let's see how many skipping rhymes we can remember, collectively from our school days. This should be fun!:)