tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post8278870221922611988..comments2024-03-27T06:42:26.250-07:00Comments on Seven Miles of Steel Thistles: Skipping and clapping gamesKatherine Langrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-61780050640545803812010-07-22T11:20:41.442-07:002010-07-22T11:20:41.442-07:00That's a very interesting thought. I wonder? ...That's a very interesting thought. I wonder? And yes, totally with you on singing to babies.Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-37578490677518310022010-07-19T11:11:15.117-07:002010-07-19T11:11:15.117-07:00I would put money on it that some stroke sufferers...I would put money on it that some stroke sufferers could still recite playground rhymes. I suspect this is an area where music and language meet -and why it is so important to sing to babies.K.M.Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540392557430776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-44999662376560407382010-07-12T06:56:34.815-07:002010-07-12T06:56:34.815-07:00You remind me how much I love those poems (and how...You remind me how much I love those poems (and how much they have clung to my aging memory) and introduced me to the infectious hand clap rhyme.<br />Thanks for another great post!Jo Treggiarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02417288480274268189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-14748069761390804892010-07-12T01:21:00.012-07:002010-07-12T01:21:00.012-07:00Posted this late last night; this morning saw and ...Posted this late last night; this morning saw and corrected the typo in the Byron poem - oops!<br /><br />Love the 'Dictation' rhyme! So surreal. Yes, I'm familiar with the Opie books, and aren't they wonderful - and what a great idea in the first place, to take children's games seriously. (Do children still play things like Tiggy Touch Wood?)Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-83063826610657070272010-07-11T23:49:18.310-07:002010-07-11T23:49:18.310-07:00A marvellous post!
Just my sort of thing :)
I am f...A marvellous post!<br />Just my sort of thing :)<br />I am fascinated that these rhymes are shared across generations and miles, playground to playground. <br />And another fabulous Iona Opie book on this subject: "The People in the Playground" - where she observes and interviews kids at play and takes down many of these wonders :)Rima Staineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-39249137314201520232010-07-11T15:14:25.761-07:002010-07-11T15:14:25.761-07:00I am sure you are familiar with the book, "Th...I am sure you are familiar with the book, "The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren" - Peter and Iona Opie. I remember this book being discussed at a Writers' Week session here in Australia and the late Judith Wright getting up and declaiming,<br /> "Dictation, dictation, dictation,<br /> The man had a big operation<br /> They pulled out his bones<br /> And put in some stones<br /> Dictation, dictation, dictation."<br />Judith said she had chanted that playing with friends - in about 1919 or 1920!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com