Do You Remember When?

[McWilliams]

When I was ten I invited all my friends over for my birthday party! The very best gift I ever received was the one my mother bought at the hardware store! It was a very long(or so it seemed) rope that we doubled and did double jump rope! What bliss! I could have jumped all night! Can you remember any of the old rhymes we used for such? Right now I'm blank except for the phrase, "dancer, dancer, do the split!" There were so many different ones and that party stands out as a special day of memories! I probably jumped in my sleep that night!!

 

[fieldlily]

When I was ten I invited all my friends over for my birthday party! The very best gift I ever received was the one my mother bought at the hardware store! It was a very long(or so it seemed) rope that we doubled and did double jump rope! What bliss! I could have jumped all night! Can you remember any of the old rhymes we used for such? Right now I'm blank except for the phrase, "dancer, dancer, do the split!" There were so many different ones and that party stands out as a special day of memories! I probably jumped in my sleep that night!!

going back, back, back...trying to remember...I vaguely recall this:

"Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie
kissed the girls and made them cry...

sorry, folks, that's all I can remember. The part about jump roping I liked the best though was when two chums held a long rope one on each end. Then we would take turns running in to jump it.

 

[McWilliams]

A my name is Alice and my husband's name is Andy and we come from Alabama and we sell apples
B my name is Betty and my husband's name is Bob and we come from Buffalo and we sell bananas
C my name is Connie and my husband's name is Cornelius and we come from Cucamonga and we sell cell phones [Etc.]

1 potato, 2 potato, 3 potato, 4
5 potato, 6 potato, 7 potato more.
Acha bacha, cucaracha, out goes Y-O-U

Cinderella, dressed in yella
Went upstairs to see her fellow,
How many kisses did she get?..one...two... [Thanks to Arachne]

Another version:
Cinderella, dressed in yella,
Went upstairs to kiss a fella,
Made a mistake, kissed a snake,
How many doctors will it take?
2-4-6-8 etc [Thanks to Janine]

Another version:
Cinderella dressed in green,
Went upstairs to get ice cream,
By mistake,
She spilled her shake,
How many napkins did it take? [Thanks to Jannie C.]

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Turn around (turn around)
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Touch the ground (touch the ground)
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Tie your shoe (hit your shoe)
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
How old are you?
1-2-3-4........... (etc)...[Thanks to Emily]


Cinderella dressed in yellow
Went upstairs to kiss a fellow
Made a mistake and kissed a snake
How many doctors did it take? One...Two...Three... [Thanks to T.L. DelaPuente]

Apple on a stick makes me sick, makes my tummy go 246,
Not because I'm dirty, not because I'm clean, not because I
Kissed a boy behind a magazine.
Uh - oh here comes Nette with her pants on tight! she can wiggle,
She can wobble, she can do the splitz, but I betcha $20.00 that she can't do
This!
1-2-3-4...[Thanks to MiniMaidens]

Nette and Kenneth sitting in a tree K-i-s-s-i-n-g
How many kisses did she get? ...one...two... [Thanks to Arachne]
OR
Nette and Kenneth sitting in a tree
K-i-s-s-i-n-g
First comes love
Then comes marriage
Then comes xxxxxxx in a baby carriage [where xxx is another kid in the game.] [Thanks to Kmkat]

Down in the valley where the green grass grows
there sat Nette, sweet as a rose
she sang, she sang, she sang so sweet
along came Kenneth, and kissed her on the cheek
how many kisses did she get that week?
1, 2, 3, 4.... [Thanks to Sam I Am]

Sea shells, cockle shells
Evie Ivy Over
My dog's name is Rover
He died in last October
How many doctors did it take?
1, 2, 3, 4..... [Thanks to Sam I Am]

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[Larry_Fout]

I can remember some of those rope rhymes

one & 2 unbuckle my shoe
three & 4 can't jump any more
5 & six got tangled in the rope and fell on the bricks

 

[mom_one]

remembering when gasoline price was much much cheaper

 

[McWilliams]

Yes, like 18 cents.

 

[Larry_Fout]

remembering when gasoline price was much much cheaper

Don't worry I hear they are supposed to come back down

also have a couple of bridges and beach fron property for sale cheap

 

[energizergramma]

I remember when I would collect soda bottles for money to buy candy. Soda bottles were 2cents/ bottle and $.25 was a whole lotta penny candy.

I remember when my dress, my underclothing, and my sheets and pillow cases matched (all from feed sacks) LOL!

I remember when you got glasses and silverware out of laundry detergent boxes.

I remember the wringer washer and hanging clothes out on the line. (thank God for the dryers now....I've always hated hanging clothes on the line...tooo many bugs!!)

I remember when the gas tank could be filled for $5....Now you can't even get two gallons for $5!

 

[McWilliams]

Oh yes, I remember all of the above!
I returned soda water bottles for money to bowl on my league! We had the Monday Morning Blues League.
I had a girl that came weekly to clean my house(generous hubby as I had many little kiddos) and when she came in the door I went out! LOL I so enjoyed the bowling as I'd never done such before and my aunt and 2 neighbors were also on my same team! Oh the fun that was!! We laughed and bowled and when I returned home to all the little ones I felt years younger!!

 

[McWilliams]

Oh I forgot that it cost $5.00 a day for someone to clean the house plus busfare and I usually drove her home when she was ready! What a sweet jewel she was to all of us! The kids loved her.

 

[fieldlily]

I collected empties too, mostly Coke and Seven up. I remember you could get a nickle for the big bottles so if I had six it was enough for a hamburger or ice cream Sundae at the Tastee Freeze. Or I could see a movie and even include the price of popcorn and a drink. 30 cents went so far in those times.

 

[Hackett]

I collected empties too, mostly Coke and Seven up. I remember you could get a nickle for the big bottles so if I had six it was enough for a hamburger or ice cream Sundae at the Tastee Freeze. Or I could see a movie and even include the price of popcorn and a drink. 30 cents went so far in those times.

It certainly did. I remember when a coke went to 10 cents and thought that was insane!!

 

[pilgrimgal]

I remember when they first switched from bottles to cans. I still like soda in a bottle better.

 

[AngelDove1]

WoW!

Birdfriend...
you just took me back in time.
I use to load my lil red wagon with
empty pop bottles,go to the corner candy store,
come home with a bag full of sweets to last me all week.

Can't do that any more.
Candy is a $1.00 for one anymore.

 

[fieldlily]

I remember when they first switched from bottles to cans. I still like soda in a bottle better.

Me too! The first time I remember drinking from the cans was in Alaska in 59. They didn't want to ship the bottles up there...cans were easier...so cans we got.

 

[fieldlily]

How about this for fuel and car prices? We had a MB [190D]in Alaska in 66...paid $2800. for it when it was two years old. It ran on diesel. In the winter time you had to keep it plugged in to an outside plug in when not using it. When you started it you pulled a go plug for a minute or so before it started. We paid about 30 cents a gallon for diesel fuel and we got 30 or more miles to the gallon. In 67 we drove down the Alaska Highway and across to the midwest and back to Alaska ...about 11,000 miles including side trips to visit relatives. Our fuel bill was $153.

 

[pilgrimgal]

Remember summertime when you were a kid? I remember swimming at the local pool, camping out in my friend's back yard, hours spent in the park, ice cream, boat rides on the river and lakes, and catching butterflies.

 

[Hackett]

Yes, and I remember fire flies...lightening bugs. It is such a shame that with the mosquito problems we don't see fire flies much anymore.

 

[McWilliams]

Rachel Carson's book 'Silent Spring' coming to truth, is it not?
Dont even see as many birds here as in past years!

 

[Hackett]

I have surely seen plenty of flies and mosquitos tho!!