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Lip Gloss Jul 2018 8:25pm, 9 Jul 2018 30,258 posts	0 Lip Gloss We also had 2 skipping ropes with someone at either end - called Lindies
runnyeyes Jul 2018 8:53pm, 9 Jul 2018 1,382 posts	0 runnyeyes Oh yes... the hours spent bouncing two tennis balls against a wall. 😀
GregP Jul 2018 8:55pm, 9 Jul 2018 104,333 posts	0 GregP Did they go this way, that way, forward, backward, over the Irish Sea, by any chance?
runnyeyes Jul 2018 9:04pm, 9 Jul 2018 1,383 posts	0 runnyeyes Oh..we did do rhymes. But I don’t actually recall that one. Lots of rhymes doing ‘ Lastics’ as well.
Cyclops Jul 2018 9:08pm, 9 Jul 2018 3,503 posts	0 Cyclops The day I went to sea, GregP. I don't remember it as a tennis ball song. We went over, under, over, round and something else - bounce? Then clapped. And had to clap one more each time until we couldn't catch the ball.
jabberknit Jul 2018 9:09pm, 9 Jul 2018 2,261 posts	0 jabberknit Good grief, these are all very familiar! Every child must have been doing exactly the same things at exactly the same time throughout the nation.
Cyclops Jul 2018 9:10pm, 9 Jul 2018 3,504 posts	0 Cyclops Today's children don't seem to know any of these rhymes and games
Velociraptor Jul 2018 9:41pm, 9 Jul 2018 38,585 posts	0 Velociraptor We went this way, that way, forward and backwards, over the Irish sea, a bottle of rum to fill my tum ... but as a clapping game with two or more people.
Sigh Jul 2018 9:42pm, 9 Jul 2018 1,916 posts	0 Sigh Pleased to report my 10-y-o is well versed in 'Across the Irish Sea' and we often sing it together on her way to school. She even has her own variations: "When I was three I saw a Bee And then I went to sea I jumped aboard..." etc
HellsBells Jul 2018 9:42pm, 9 Jul 2018 24,055 posts	0 HellsBells My mother said, I never should, play with the gipsies in the wood, if I did, she would say, you naughty little girl to disobey, your hair won't curl, your shoes won't shine, you dirty little girl you're no child of mine Amazing how unacceptable those skipping rhymes actually were