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A skipping rhyme (occasionally skipping-rope rhyme or spring-rope rhyme), is a rhyme chanted by children while skipping. Such rhymes have been recorded in all cultures where skipping is played. Examples of English-linguistic communication rhymes have been found going back to at least the 17th century. Similar virtually folklore, skipping rhymes tend to be constitute in many different variations. The commodity includes those chants used by English language-speaking children.

History [edit]

German illustration of girls skipping, c. 1860

Explorers reported seeing aborigines jumping with vines in the 16th century. European boys started jumping rope in the early 17th century. The activeness was considered indecent for girls because they might show their ankles. There were no associated chants. This inverse in the early 18th century. Girls began to jump rope.^[1] They added the chants, endemic the rope, controlled the game, and decided who participated.^[ii]

In the United States, domination of the action by girls occurred when their families moved into the cities in the late 19th century. There, they found sidewalks and other smooth surfaces conducive to jumping rope, forth with a host of contemporaries.^[ii]

Another source suggests that, prior to 1833, the invention of pantalettes enabled girls to jump rope without displaying ankles.^[3]

Chants are intended to construction the game and are secondary, explaining the nonsense or irrational lyrics. These chants are unusual inasmuch as they were transmitted from kid to child usually without an underlying reason, as opposed to plant nursery rhymes which were transmitted from developed to child and oft contained a moral. Chants may contain girlish references to boyfriends or spousal relationship.^[iv]

Examples of chants [edit]

Ii girls with a long rope stood virtually 12 feet (3.7 thou) apart and turned the rope as other children took turns jumping. If one were not a expert jumper, ane would be an 'Always-Laster,' that is, one would perpetually turn the rope. When information technology was a child'south plough to bound, she would enter as the rope turned, and jump to the rhyme until she missed. So she would become a rope-turner, and the next child in line would take her identify.^{[ citation needed ]}

Jump in, spring out [edit]

For a line of potential jumpers, the jumpers were restricted on time past the length of the chant. They jumped in at the outset, jumped out at the end, and the next jumper took their turn.

Charlie Chaplin went to France

To teach the ladies how to dance.

First the heel, and then the toe,

Then the splits, and around you go!

Salute to the Captain,

Bow to the Queen,

And turn your back on the Nazi submarine!

In another version, the teacher is "Benjamin Franklin."^[5] In the Charlie Chaplin rhyme, the kid jumping had to follow directions as the rope was turning: touching the heel of one foot on the ground; touching the toe of the aforementioned foot on the ground; doing a (brusk) split of the feet, turning effectually, saluting, bowing, and jumping out from the turning rope on the terminal line. This rhyme, c. 1942, reflects children's awareness of World War Two (The Queen to whom nosotros bowed was the mother of the present British Queen).^{[ citation needed ]}

An Australian version of the Charlie Chaplin Skipping Vocal, equally sung at Salisbury Primary School in Brisbane, Australia in the mid 1950s, is every bit follows:

Charlie Chaplin went to France,

To teach the ladies how to dance,

Beginning he did the Rumba,

So he did the twist,

Then he did the Highland Fling,

And so he did the splits.

There's besides "Betty Grable went to France,/To teach the soldiers how to dance." (The rest is the same.)^{[ commendation needed ]}

Had a little car auto,

Two-forty-eight,

Ran around the cor-(skipper jumps out, and turners continue the syllable until they reenter)-ner

and slammed on the brakes, but the brakes didn't work,

Then I bumped into a lady who bumped into a man,

Who bumped into a police car, human being, oh man!

Policeman caught me

Put me on his knee,

Asked me a question

Volition you marry me?

Yep, No, Maybe So (repeated)

All in together, birds of a feather:

January, February, March, Apr, May, etc. (each child had to jump in during the month they were born).

I see London, I see French republic,

I run across (xxx)s underpants,

Non too big, not as well pocket-size,

Merely the size of Montreal (or only the size of cannonball, Berlin Wall, etc.)

Another variation:

I see London, I come across French republic, I see (xxx)s underpants.

Are they bluish? Are they pinkish? I don't know but they sure stink!

Instructor, teacher, I declare, I see (xxx)s underwear (or bottom'due south bare)

Political argument [edit]

In Dublin, Ireland, the visits of inspectors known as "Glimmer men" to individual houses to enforce regulations to prevent the utilise of coal gas in restricted hours during the Emergency gave rise to:^{[ citation needed ]}

Continue it humid on the glimmer, if yous don't y'all go no dinner.

Counting rhymes [edit]

Most rhymes are intended to count the number of jumps the skipper takes without stumbling. These were essentially restricted to times when there were relatively few jumpers and time was abundant. These rhymes can take very simple forms.

This chant was collected in London in the 1950s:

Big Ben strikes one,^{[ commendation needed ]}

Large Ben strikes two,

Large Ben strikes three,

(etc.)

and

Absurdity, mustard, cider^[half-dozen]

How many legs has a spider?

1, 2, 3, etc.

alternately, "Salt, vinegar, mustard, pepper. How many legs does a spider take? 1,two,3, etc."

Butterfly, butterfly: turn effectually. [jumper turns while jumping]^[7]

Butterfly, butterfly: impact the ground [jumper touches the basis equally she is jumping]

Butterfly, butterfly: show your shoe. [..thrusts out her shoe]

Butterfly, butterfly: [due north] to practise.

One, ii, three, ... [upwardly to the count of n, which increases by 1 with each fix of jumpers]

Another rendition substitutes, "teddy bear" for "butterfly. This can be dated no earlier than the early 20th century, to the term of Theodore Roosevelt.^[viii]

In another skipping rhyme, one time the alphabet finishes, participants continue with numbers until skipper catches rope. Information technology is natural for participants to use the letter that the skipper lost on and to use it to find someone's name post-obit the dominion of either best friend or young man, depending on what is chosen in the beginning.

Ice cream, Soda popular, cherry on summit,

Who'southward your all-time friend, allow's find out;

Goes A! B! C!

or

Ice foam soda, cherry on acme

Who'south your boyfriend/girlfriend, I forgot;

Is it an A! B! C!

or

Ice cream sundae, banana split

[Name of jumper]'s got a young man/girlfriend,

Who is it?

A! B! C!

or

Ice cream soda, Delaware Punch,

Tell me the proper name of my honey-bunch.

A, B, C, etc.^{[ citation needed ]}

Another counting rhyme:

Cinderella dressed in yellow, went upstairs (or downstairs) to buss her fellow, kissed a snake, by fault

, how many doctors will it take? 1, 2, iii, 4, 5, 6, vii, 8, nine, 10 etc. (Become to twenty and so go down to the next line)

Cinderella dressed in blue, went upstairs to tie her shoe, made a mistake and tied a knot, how many knots volition she brand? 1, 2, three, etc.

Cinderella dressed in greenish, went downtown to purchase a band, made a mistake and bought a fake, how many days before information technology breaks? 1, 2, 3, etc.

Cinderella dressed in lace, went upstairs to fix her face, oh no oh no, she found a blemish, how many powder puffs till she's finished? i, ii, 3, etc.

Cinderella dressed in silk, went outside to get some milk, made a mistake and cruel in the lake, how many more till she gets a intermission? i, 2, 3, etc.

The counting continues as long as the jumper avoids faulting. If they do then the counting starts once again.:^[9]

Miscellaneous [edit]

• Skipping rhymes need not always have to be rhymes, however. They can exist games, such every bit a game called, "School." In "Kindergarten" (the commencement round), all skippers must run through rope without skipping. In "Beginning Grade", all skippers must skip in, skip in one case, and skip out without getting caught in the rope, so on. Also, there is "Mouse Trap", where in that location is a special pattern, and players must run through rope without getting caught. If caught, the jumper caught must hold the rope.

"Diamonds" pattern (the letters spelling "Diamond" are chanted)^[10]

Chinese jump rope patterns are often accompanied past chants. The diamonds pattern is accompanied by the letters which spell "diamond" ("D-I-A-M-O-N-D-S."), while the Americans pattern, as are many patterns, is accompanied by the names of the moves fabricated while conveying out the pattern ("right, left, right, left, in, out/open, in, on.").

Speed rhymes [edit]

Some rhymes are intended to exam the agility of the jumper by turning the rope more rapidly. The key word to offset turning fast is oft "pepper" to signal speed, such every bit:

Mable, Mable,

Set up the table,

Don't forget the common salt,

Vinegar,

Mustard,

Pepper! (rapid turning follows)^{[7] [11]}

• When "cerise hot peppers" was called, the turners would turn the rope as fast every bit they could.

Pretty Little Dutch Girl [edit]

"Pretty Little Dutch Girl" was a lengthy vocal, much too long for a simple chant, simply often excerpted for jumping rope. "My husband's name is Fatty. He comes from Cincinnati." Or alphabetical, "My hubby'southward name is Alfred, He comes from Atlanta, He works in the attic.." All made up on the spur of the moment. The jumper may be obliged to leap out upon finishing a letter, or be allowed to continue until either declining to invent new lyrics, or faulting.

Historical rhymes [edit]

Other rhymes are highly topical, and sometimes survive long afterwards the events that inspired them take disappeared from the headlines. Perhaps the most notorious rhyme of this type is one that began circulating during the 1892 trial of Lizzie Borden. Despite Lizzie's want to stay out of the public eye, children would follow her around and chant the rhyme. Information technology after started being used as a rhyme used when skipping-rope:

Lizzie Borden took an axe

She gave her mother twoscore whacks,

Subsequently she saw what she had done,

She gave her male parent forty-one.

Lizzie Borden got abroad,

For her crime she did not pay.^[12]

• Variations of this following rhyme, a wordplay on "flu," were heard effectually the time of the 1918 flu pandemic:

I had a trivial bird,

And its proper noun was Enza.

I opened the window

And in-flew-enza.^{[thirteen] [14]}

This one from Prohibition:^{[ commendation needed ]}

No, I won't get to Casey'due south whatever more than, more than, more,

There'south a big fat policeman past the door, door, door.

He grabs you lot by the collar,

And makes you pay a dollar.

No, I won't go to Casey's any more.

Encounter also [edit]

• Chinese spring rope
• Clapping game
• Lincoln Beachey#In pop culture

References [edit]

1. ^ Robert-Shaw, Scott. "The History of Skipping". Retrieved Dec half-dozen, 2017.
2. ^ ^{a b} "The Jump Rope Book". HistoricalFolkToys.com. 1996. Retrieved November two, 2016.
3. ^ "Jumping Rope [Communication Book]". Children & Youth in History. Roy Rosenzweig Eye for History and New Media. Archived from the original on Nov 29, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
4. ^ "Jump rope rhyme". Encyclopædia Britannica. Dec 7, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
5. ^ Matt Hopkins (July 5, 2014). "The Cracking List of Jump Rope Rhymes & Skipping Songs". buyjumpropes.net. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
6. ^ "Search results for 'habitation'" in The James T. Callow Folklore Archive, at Inquiry.UDMercy.edu. Accessed: December 6, 2017.
7. ^ ^{a b} "All Leap Rope Rhymes", Mudcat.org. Accessed: December 6, 2017.
8. ^ Adam Selzer (December 17, 2009). "Teddy Carry, Teddy Deport: The Long History of a Bound Rope Rhyme". PlaygroundJungle.com. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
9. ^ The British Library. "Skipping games - Cinderella, dressed in xanthous". Playtimes. The British Library (BL.great britain). Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
10. ^ Horowitz, Gayle Fifty. (2009). International Games: Building Skills Through Multicultural Play, p.lxx. Human Kinetics. ISBN 9780736073943.
11. ^ Oliver, Ray. "The Games", The History of the Olivers of Broken Colina. Accessed: December 6, 2017.
12. ^ Tucker, Elizabeth (September 30, 2008). Children's Sociology: A Handbook . Greenwood Folklore Handbooks. Greenwood Publishing Grouping. p. 59. ISBN978-0313341892.
13. ^ Lynch, Eileen A. (November–Dec 1998). "The Flu of 1918". The Pennsylvania Gazette. Academy of Pennsylvania (UPenn.edu).
14. ^ March, Peyton C. (September 4, 1932). "General March's Narrative: Glimpses of Woodrow Wilson". The New York Times. p. XX3, Special Features section.

Further reading [edit]

• Iona and Peter Opie (1959). The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren. Oxford University Printing.^{[ ISBN missing ]}

External links [edit]

• Educational CyberPlayGround Jumprope Chants, Clapping Games and Rhymes.
• Jump-Rope Rhymes
• Bound Rope Rhymes
• Roger D. Abrahams (1969). Leap Rope Rhymes. A lexicon. American Sociology Society. ISBN9780292712164 . Retrieved November 2, 2016.

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