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Mary Mack. Melody Play ⓘ. "Mary Mack" ( "Miss Mary Mack") is a clapping game of unknown origin. It is first attested in the book The Counting Out Rhymes of Children by Henry Carrington Bolton (1888), whose version was collected in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It is well known in various parts of the United States, Australia, Canada, United ...
Down Down Baby. " Down Down Baby " (also known as " Roller Coaster " [1] [2]) is a clapping game played by children in English-speaking countries. In the game, two or more children stand in a circle, and clap hands in tune to a rhyming song. It has been used in various songs and media productions since the mid 20th century.
Miss Lucy had a baby. " Miss Lucy had a baby... ", also known by various other names, [ 9] is an American schoolyard rhyme. Originally used as a jump-rope chant, it is now more often sung alone or as part of a clapping game. It has many variations, possibly originating from it, or from its predecessors. [ 10][ 11]
Children in Virginia playing hand games at school. A clapping game (or hand game) is a type of usually cooperative (i.e., non- competitive) game which is generally played by two players and involves clapping as a rhythmic accompaniment to a singing game or reciting of a rhyme, often nursery rhymes. Clapping games are found throughout the world ...
The "pat-a-cake" song and clapping game was used by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in their series of "Road to" films. The gag worked by means of adding a synchronised punch into the clapping game routine, allowing them to make their escape. [5]
The game begins with the children sitting or standing, arranged in an inward-facing circle. The song usually begins with the group leader asking who stole a cookie from an imaginary (or sometimes real) cookie jar, followed by the name of one of the children in the circle. The child questions the "accusation," answered by an affirmation from the ...
Many traditional Māori children's games, some of them with educational applications—such as hand movement, stick and string games—were accompanied by particular songs. [22] In the Congo, the traditional game "A Wa Nsabwee" is played by two children synchronising hand and other movements while singing. [23]
Johnny Whoop, also known as Johnny, Johnny, is a children's hand game.One person holds out one of their hands and touches each finger with the index finger from the other hand, going from the pinky to the index finger, then slides the other hand's index finger down between the index finger and the thumb, then touches the thumb, and then repeats the sequence in reverse.