Thursday, April 1, 2010

Children's Games

Well... I remember this strange rhyme from my childhood, and it had a game to go along with it. The rhyme was "Wallflowers, wallflowers, growing up so high! May I get the measles and never ever die. Then I went to (NAME)'s house, he/she is no relation, he/she ticks and tacks and turns his/her back and waves to the congregation!" Does anyone remember the game that went along with it? All I remember was a group of kids would stand in a circle. One kid would walk around the inside of the circle while the other kids said the rhyme. When they got to the "Then I went to..." part, the kid walking would stop and face whoever they were in front of, and that kid's name would be called. The kid would then do a series of hand motions and turn around. Does anyone else recall something similar or remember the hand motions?

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