Plain Talker   11 #73 Posted June 4, 2008 Welcome to the forum Janet Alexa I've not heard that one either, do you skip to it or something? Do you remember when the penny dropped and we used to say "Oh I see said the blind man to his deaf and dumb daughter" Not very PC is it?  In our family, we said it as "I see... Said the blind man to his deaf and dumb wife...!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Plain Talker   11 #74 Posted June 4, 2008 eeny meeny, maca raca, rare rye dum a raca, chicka raca lollipop bom bom french!!! the spelling is all over the map, but I hope you all get the gist of things!  Isn't that one of the "dipping" rhymes, from the schoolyard, where you decide who's "it" for the game of chase/ farmer wants a wife, etc?  "Ip-dip-dip, My blue Ship, Sailing on the water, Sike a cup and saucer Ip-dip-dip, You are not IT!"  and "One potato, two potato, Three potato four, Five potato, six potato Seven potato, more"   there were two games we'd play in the schoolyard, which were very similar, one was "poor mary what'cha weeping for"  which went "Poor mary, what'cha weeping for, What'cha weeping for, what'cha weeping for, Poor mary, what'cha weeping for, On a bright summer's day?"  and "farmer wants a wife"/ "farmer's in the dell".  1) farmers in the dell farmer's in the dell, ee-eye-anny oh farmer's in the dell  2) farmer wants a wife...  3) wife wants a child...  4) child wants a nurse...  5) nurse wants a dog...  6) dog wants a bone...  7)"we all pat the bone..." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RoyalRegular   10 #75 Posted June 4, 2008 What about this one.........  Down in Dixon Lane There are two big fat women And if you want to see them You'll have to pay a shilling Soldiers half a crown Sailors half a guinea Big fat men Two pounds ten Little kids a penny  God where did that come from?????????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
only_me   11 #76 Posted June 4, 2008 A fart is a funny thing it whistles in the breeze. It warms the bed on winter nights and suffocates the fleas.  It gets worse lol  I lost me arm in the army i lost me leg in the navy  I lost me c**k in a butchers shop and found it in me gravy  Its amazing what i learned in the infants in the 1960s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Joto   11 #77 Posted June 4, 2008 That's so funny 'You' I didn't realize how many rhymes are actually out there, and I suspect there's more to come Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Joanl   12 #78 Posted June 4, 2008 Most of the above and another my dad used to say to us.. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Joto   11 #79 Posted June 4, 2008 Thanks Joan, I bet you can't say that fast Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Sultana   10 #80 Posted June 4, 2008 The sausage was a fat one, whose outside was not in. It's inside was a mystery, that killed poor little Jim.  It was Christmas Day in the workhouse, the snow was raining fast. A barefooted man with clogs on, stood sitting on the grass.  30 days hath September, April, June, and November. All the rest have 31, except Grandma, and she rides a bike. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
multiparvo1 Â Â 10 #81 Posted June 4, 2008 I remember my Mother reciting this one to me - Â My Mother said I never should play with the gypsies in the wood. Â If I did she would say naughty little girl to run away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
pedro1 Â Â 10 #82 Posted June 4, 2008 Altough this isn`t a rhyme, my dad always used to say to me, bearing in mind my name`s Peter. Â Peter night before you go to bed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Steptoad   12 #83 Posted June 4, 2008 I wonder if that's where the slang "potted dog" comes from, for potted meat? hehehe  Could be, though, as kids we always thought it was made from hippopotamus:hihi:   "trenchtown billy had a six foot *coughs* .. he showed it to the girl next door she took it for a snake, and hit it with a rake, and now it's only five feet four!"  No, no, this really happened to my mate William:D    that's a famous football chant from Bramall lane from my wild and misspent childhood!  'Bertie Mee Sez to Bill Shankly "Have you heard of the North bank, Highbury"  he said "No, I don't think so but I've heard of the Shoreham... AGGRO!' Shoreham aggro, ohhh-oh'  I'll have to take your word for that, as I've never been to a football match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
flashbang   10 #84 Posted June 4, 2008   7)"we all pat the bone..."  It's been changed to we all clap the bone now, cos a child might get hurt when others pat him/her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...