shihtzulover

I JUST LOVE THIS...going down memory lane. Too bad, so sad, our kids and grandkids will never remember these neat jump rope saying....

coopah

There was a book published with jump rope rhymes. I think the title was Anna Banana. The library should have it. Can't remember any of the rhymes, though. Good luck!

lynnie

do you really think kids jump rope nowadays???? if their thumbs can do it, they will. I think jump rope is gone with tag and kick the can, but I could stay out all night and play those great summer games. at Catholic school, the only activity we could do at lunch was to jump rope and double dutch.

Nanny's dollface

In Boston area, where I grew up , we didn't do jump rope; rather we did hand clapping games with each other:
3 6 9
the goose drank wine
the monkey chewed tobacco on the street car lline
the line broke
the monkey got chocked and
they all went to heaven
in a little row boat
clap clap

the other game we played was with a ball against the wall and clapping in between the ball hitting the wall and on the return singing an alphabet song.
A my name is Alice
my husband's name is Al
we live in Alabama and we sell apples.

the goal of the game was to see who could come up with a woman's and man's names , a town, and an occupation that began with the alphabet letter .
This thread brings back memories thanks

Rose_P

I remember a number of them, now that I see them again. I was just thinking it's sad that my kids didn't have much recess time and never did jump ropes, 4 square, marbles, jacks, yoyos or hula hoops, all of which were very popular when I was young, and probably when our parents and grandparents were young, too, except for hula hoops. When I was in second grade one of the fads that went around was for all the girls to sit in a clover patch at the edge of the playground and make chains of clovers, which we then got to wear in class. The teachers wanted us to run around and get more exercise so that didn't last long. I've strayed a bit from the topic, but thanks for jogging my memories.

Rhonda

I was a child of the 60s


Fudge Fudge
Here comes the judge
going up in the elevator
How many floors will he go?

and count

We lived 30 miles from the Mississippi river so....
When you said crooked letter you had to jump with feet crossed
and humpback you had to bend over and jump

M
I
crooked letter
crooked letter
I
crooked letter
crooked letter
I
humpback
humpback
I
Mississippi!

eeny meeny miney moe
catch a tiger by the toe
if he hollers make him pay
$50 every day

This was of course cleaned up from the original not so politically correct version

and my DD's favorite from her school days

Bumble gum
Bumble gum
In a dish
How many pieces
Do you wish?
and count

Rhonda

lynnie my granddaughter is 11 and she and her friends love to jump rope
I'd have to ask Rachel but she was repeating a rhyme to me recently that was quite complicated

Rhonda

Oh yeah one more from my era

Janis and Leo
Sitting in a tree
K
i
s
s
i
n
g
first comes love
then comes marriage
then comes baby
in a baby carriage
how many babies will they have?
and count

Pam H

I remember a few of these that were listed.
Our area in Wisconsin has jump rope contests in the schools. I doubt they are saying the cute little songs as it is a speed contest to see how many jumps they can make in a minute or how ever long but they certainly are jumping rope.