tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post4058250021507647966..comments2023-11-26T17:19:22.499+00:00Comments on RAMBLES FROM MY CHAIR: One, two, threeScriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-8253831641950388292021-01-27T09:47:21.795+00:002021-01-27T09:47:21.795+00:00Weren't the 'maids a courting something to...Weren't the 'maids a courting something to do with Christmas?Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-89600351652436806042021-01-26T19:06:54.608+00:002021-01-26T19:06:54.608+00:00My Mum recited a lot of poetry and I loved it. Ì,...My Mum recited a lot of poetry and I loved it. Ì, in turn, recited it for my daughters. Perhaps I'll recite one each time I Skype the grandchildren (assuming it's going to be years before I actually see them again.)Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-24446219670538605172021-01-26T19:03:21.016+00:002021-01-26T19:03:21.016+00:00Ì remember that one as well. 😉
Ì remember that one as well. 😉<br />Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-60062033202886075972021-01-26T19:02:00.001+00:002021-01-26T19:02:00.001+00:00Eleven twelve - dig and delve... Not sure after t...Eleven twelve - dig and delve... Not sure after that though.<br />Fourteen - maids a courting??Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-21797789724896893202021-01-26T19:00:28.086+00:002021-01-26T19:00:28.086+00:00Some of the British ones also have very saucy orig...Some of the British ones also have very saucy origins like "Lucy Locket lost her pocket.."Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-88882933310502737172021-01-26T18:58:59.191+00:002021-01-26T18:58:59.191+00:00Those sound like really useful rhymes!Those sound like really useful rhymes!Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-7262802735291640802021-01-22T02:44:52.462+00:002021-01-22T02:44:52.462+00:00I love sitting in front of the box watching "...I love sitting in front of the box watching "Beauty and the Beast" (original Disney animated version, not live action new one)... and I have no children! The narrated intro always gives me chills, and a bit of a tear in the eye... and yes, I know all the words to all the songs, and sing along! Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-69497939894838151052021-01-20T14:35:15.282+00:002021-01-20T14:35:15.282+00:00I am old but I didn't know that rhyme. Maybe w...I am old but I didn't know that rhyme. Maybe we had different ones here in the states. I remember...Yesterday upon the stair I saw a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. I wish to heck he'd go away.yayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12047536332780197024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-89026768606234070502021-01-20T00:11:29.157+00:002021-01-20T00:11:29.157+00:00While i do not remember this one, i remember being...While i do not remember this one, i remember being surprised when i learned that "One, two, buckle my shoe" went on beyond "Nine, ten, a big, fat hen."messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-87051107604185597342021-01-19T17:21:05.424+00:002021-01-19T17:21:05.424+00:00Never heard that rhyme and sadly, TV replaced much...Never heard that rhyme and sadly, TV replaced much story telling or poetry reading time in our household.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11053208644196545549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-63225113330470156582021-01-19T09:35:23.919+00:002021-01-19T09:35:23.919+00:00Interestingly I can recall Mum saying that and won...Interestingly I can recall Mum saying that and wonder now, why I found it so hilarious. But I did.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-43291759838957859312021-01-19T07:07:52.407+00:002021-01-19T07:07:52.407+00:00Old rhymes often have a fascinating background his...Old rhymes often have a fascinating background history - also, more often than not, of a rather cruel nature, picking up themes of warfare and crime. We were taught some fun ones as little children, but of course not the same as you :-) Ours were often in our Swabian dialect.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-25947851616085610962021-01-19T03:55:48.590+00:002021-01-19T03:55:48.590+00:00Hi John, I've never heard that rhyme. The on...Hi John, I've never heard that rhyme. The one that springs to mind, that somehow sounds sort of familiar is one of my grandmother's favourites about keeping our shirts tucked in, <br />"Giddy giddy gout!<br />Your shirt's hanging out<br />Five miles in<br />And five miles out!"<br />There was another one about pulling your socks up which I can't for the life of me remember today.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-45705290693010381412021-01-19T03:45:26.953+00:002021-01-19T03:45:26.953+00:00I don't know that rhyme. I do recall my dad re...I don't know that rhyme. I do recall my dad reciting poetry, like Robert Service, in a dramatic manner. It is sad that dramatic recitations from memory are disappearing.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.com