skipping rhymes

There was an old man called Michael Finnegan.
He grew whiskers on his chinnegan.
The wind came out and blew them innegan.
Poor old Michael Finnegan, beginnegan.
There was an old man .........

Skipping rhyme - rather uncomplimentary!

There she goes, there she goes
Like an elephant on her toes
Look at her feet
She thinks she's neat
Black stockings and dirty feet.

And another one - one girl starting from each end of the rope;

Pass the doctor, how do you do?
Very well thank you
How are you?

(They shake hands as they pass each other)

Fantastic! I remember most of those.
also
The farmer's in his den,the farmer's in his den
ee aye addy oh the farmers in his den
followed by
the farmer wants a wife
the wife wants a child
etc. etc. with chorus and another child coming into skipping gp in each verse.

Anyone joining our skipping gp

Another skipping rhyme went:

1, 2, 3, my mother caught a flea,
She put it in the teapot and made a cup of tea,
The flea jumped out,
My mother gave a shout,
And in came a bobby with his shirt hanging out.

Two baller :-
raspberry, strawberry, marmalade, jam .. tell me the name of your young man A, B, C ..... until the ball was dropped on a certain letter and his name began with that letter. We went on to weave a story about what month you would marry in A, B ... and then how many children you would have 1, 2, 3 ...

Nellie Murphy's got no drawers
Won't you kindly lend her yours.
For she's going far away
To sing 'Ta ra ra boom de ay.

Granny was in the kitchen
doing a bit of stitching
(one girl skipping)
When in came a bogie man
and pushed her out
(second girl joins in skipping and replaces first by pushing her out)

Fantastic! For a moment, I too was 7 years old! Thank you, you are such stars!
The only skipping one I can remember goes something like...
"Ah, we/the nanny goat she/ she locked the door and she turned the key"...and thats where my addled brain stops!
Recently, I taught my DG a game where you threw a tennis ball up to a wall. Each throw had an action & accompanying word: Plainy/Clappy/Turn around/To balcony/right hand/left hand/touch your heel/touch your toe/touch your knees/down you go. She loves it and has taught it to her friends. Funnily enough, my DDIL (her mum) had never heard these chants, so a generation has been skipped (excuse pun).

Do you remember clapping and pointing

Hands together RIGHT
Hands together LEFT
Hands together RIGHT LEFT
Hands together BOTH
then
Hands together POINT (right)
Hands together POINT (left)
Hands together POINT (right left)
Hands together POINT (both)

Eeny meeny, makeraker,
Rare I dominaker.
Chicker packer
Lolly popper
Rom Pom push.
Chinese chew chews
Gilly Gally whiskers
OUT spells out

'Mrs D, Mrs I, Mrs F-F-I
Mrs C, Mrs U, Mrs L-T-Y'....god that was difficult to type!

All in together girls
This fine weather girls
When it is your birthday, please run out
January
February
March
etc

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Turn around.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Touch the ground.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Touch your shoe.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
That will do.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Go upstairs.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Say your prayers.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Turn out the light.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Say good night!

Jelly on a plate
Jelly on a plate
Wibble Wobble
Wibble Wobble
Jelly on a plate