tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post5589537582340832778..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Bluebells, Cockleshells Catherine JohnsonMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-8805463339769361042015-05-15T16:20:43.881+01:002015-05-15T16:20:43.881+01:00I'm from Scotland too, but (on the west coast ...I'm from Scotland too, but (on the west coast at least) our version of Dusty Bluebells was "I am the master" not "Who will be my partner"<br /><br />And then there was <br />"My name is Shirley Temple<br />And I've got curly hair<br />I've got dimples and wear my skirts to there (gesture to indicate very short)<br />Got legs like Betty Grable<br />A figure like Marilyn Monroe<br />Got hair like Ginger Rogers<br />and a face like an elephant's toe!"<br /><br />At seven years old in 1959 we didn't know who any of these people were but it didn't stop us playing it...<br />Elspeth Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834041351713094712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-79905835321105255942015-05-15T13:26:39.146+01:002015-05-15T13:26:39.146+01:00All those are familiar…though in our part of Londo...All those are familiar…though in our part of London we did 'Under the brambles, down by the sea…' My little sister had one about being taken to 'the pictures' and undressed…(!) and my children have all sorts of other ones like Apple Crumble, Makes me rumble… that I never knew… We did bumper car too. Lydia Sysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613876235125755967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-36193904779885671872015-05-15T10:59:04.658+01:002015-05-15T10:59:04.658+01:00We sang the bubble car one too as a skipping rhyme...We sang the bubble car one too as a skipping rhyme, except we said bumper car, bumper car.<br /><br />And I remember Susie as a teenager, now you mention it though it can't recall any other verses.<br /><br />Would love to find a copy of the Opie's book, sounds fascinating.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-31907494725179832342015-05-14T15:06:57.891+01:002015-05-14T15:06:57.891+01:00In Ontario it was -
I love coffee - I love tea
I ...In Ontario it was -<br /><br />I love coffee - I love tea<br />I love the boys and the boys love me!<br /><br />Make of that what you will ...Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-19217999770733382312015-05-14T09:48:31.600+01:002015-05-14T09:48:31.600+01:00Oh I remember Susie!
And I still recall the day m...Oh I remember Susie!<br /><br />And I still recall the day my daughters sang a very rude version of Daisy Daisy - enough to make my splutter on my cornflakes and know I ought to reprimand them but was finding it too difficult not to laugh. I asked them recently what the rhyme was but both were too embarrassed by it to tell me!JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-6543147234625750912015-05-14T09:43:52.533+01:002015-05-14T09:43:52.533+01:00Elizabeth! Yes! Am singing that right now In and o...Elizabeth! Yes! Am singing that right now In and out the dusty bluebells...why were they dusty? Who knows?<br /><br />Carol have no idea where it comes from I'm afraid...Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610226884546830879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-52009571277245460232015-05-14T09:43:14.944+01:002015-05-14T09:43:14.944+01:00The Opies did an enormous service to our cultural ...The Opies did an enormous service to our cultural history in preserving so many of these rhymes and more. (Yes, it is Downunder's heritage too!)<br />I was lucky enough to hear Iona Opie talk in London and, when she discovered I was from Downunder, she had some very searching questions for me too. <br />The Lore and Language book is fascinating - all writers for children need to read it!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26498320269897936602015-05-14T09:34:18.318+01:002015-05-14T09:34:18.318+01:00I grew up in Scotland. Can clearly remember doing ...I grew up in Scotland. Can clearly remember doing a chain dance where people linked hands and wove in and out and stopped to pat each other on the shoulder. Sung to the tune of Bobby Shafto (sp)<br /><br />In and out the dusty bluebells<br />Repeat twice more<br />Who will be my partner?<br />Pitter patter pitter patter on my shoulder (repeat twice more)<br />Who will be my partner?<br /><br />There was also 'The Farmer wants a wife. Someone stood in the middle of the circle and then chose one of the others hand-joined and circling to be the wife. Then the wife wants a child. Another person picked. Then the child wanted a nurse and the nurse wanted a dog. The dog wanted a bone. Whoever was nominated the bone was then patted - hopefully not hit by the other children. 'We all pat the bone.' The main verses were separated by 'Eee aye addy o.' Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-13995522887878856922015-05-14T07:04:17.688+01:002015-05-14T07:04:17.688+01:00We had a book called Far Out, Brussell Sprout and ...We had a book called Far Out, Brussell Sprout and another called All Right, Vegemite, by June Factor.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62229698221725043572015-05-14T07:03:09.386+01:002015-05-14T07:03:09.386+01:00I don't know any of these verses. They are fas...I don't know any of these verses. They are fascinating. Have you found out any more about sitting on 'the black man's knee'? Where does it come from? Thank you for this post.Carol Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837854482139736944noreply@blogger.com