Anyone remember kids' rhymes to decide whose "it"??

[beattyfamily]

I was just doing "rock, paper, scissors" with my girls and then I was trying to teach them a couple of other kids' rhymes we used to do when I was little to decide who was "it".

I was doing "One potato, two potato, three potato, four, five potato, six potato, seven potato, more" is that it to that one?

Then I was telling them we also used to do "My mother and your mother were hanging out some clothes, my mother punched your mother right in the nose, what color was her blood? Red, R-E-D, Red".

Then there was ""Eenie, meenie, minie, moe"

With all of those, you put your fists out and the last one standing was 'it'. Did I say them right?

Do you remember any other kids' rhymes to decide whose 'it'?

I know they may not be PC anymore; it was just fun trying to remember them!!! Memory lane and all...

 

[KarenB]

Bubble gum, bubble gum
in a dish.
How many pieces
do you wish?

(pick a number)
5-f-i-v-e spells 5 and you are it!

 

[liznboys]

How funny, just the other day I was showing my boys the "Eenie, meenie..." one. And as I was saying it, I was thinking, this makes no sense at all?! LOL I guess as a kid I just didn't think about it, but now I'm like, tigers don't have toes! Who made this up anyway?

It's fun how having kids brings out the carefree, silly kid in you again.

 

[piglet too]

Engine, engine number 9
going down Chicago line
if the train goes off the tracks
do you want your money back
y-e-s (or n-o) spells yes (no)
and you are not it

 

[Tiggerlover91]

nevermind, i repeated one

 

[beattyfamily]

Keep them coming!!!

I have never heard the engine engine number 9 one or the bubble gum bubble gum ones!!!

 

[RedNeckChik13]

inky binky bonky
daddy had a donkey
donkey died
daddy cried
inky binky bonky

 

[HollyJoy]

Here are a few (besides the previous ones mentioned) that we did as kids:

Skunk in the barnyard, Pue-wee
Who could of done it, not me!


____________--
Mickey Mouse built a house,
How many nails did he use?
(Pick a number and count out.)
And you are not it!

_____________________

Icka bicka soda cracker
Icka bicka boo;
Icka bicka soda cracker
Out goes Y-O-U

 

[piratesmate]

Doggy, doggy diamond step right out.

 

[decker96]

Inka Dink
A bottle of ink
Cork fell out
And you stink!

The person who you pointed to when you said stink was it.

 

[prittyfull_sunset]

i dont know if some1 already said this 1 i am to lazy to read lol there is this 1
skunk in a barn yard pu
who put it in there not u! and the 1 u land on isnt it!

 

[Captain Blue Sky]

MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER

WERE HANGING UP THE CLOTHES

MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER

RIGHT IN THE NOSE

WHAT COLOR WAS THE BLOOD?

(CHOOSE YOUR COLOR, I.E., GREEN)

G/R/E/E/N AND YOU ARE IT!

So, what do you think about that???

 

[prittyfull_sunset]

o and there this 1 u probily already know but patty cake patty cake backers pan back me a cake as fast as u can! but thats a hand 1 not a it one!

 

[damo]

My mother and your mother were hanging out clothes.
My mother punched your mother right in the nose.
What colour was the blood? Red.
R - E - D spells red and you are not it.


Aucka, Baucka, Dona, Crocka
Aucka, Baucka, Deuce
Cinderelle, Umberella
Out goes you!

Inky dink a bottle of ink
The cork fell out and you stink
Not because you're dirty.
Not because you're clean.
Just because you kissed the boy behind the magazine.


(oops I took too long, the first one is a repeat, guess it was popular!)

 

[goofygirl]

but now I'm like, tigers don't have toes! Who made this up anyway

In some parts of the country (and in a different era too) , people did not use "tigers" in that rhyme, but the "N" word instead! Pretty bad!

I remember as a kid chanting to the person that got tagged "It" during Tag:

"______'s it!

Counterfeit!

He's a German Idiot!"

Why "German" was used I have no clue. Perhaps the rhyme came out of WW II or something! Not very PC!

 

[karebear1]

I can't believe that noone mentioned this one....


Mickey Mouse,
built a house,
how many bricks did he use??

Someone answers with the number of bricks mickley used. You do kinda like one potato, two potato hitting tops of fist to the syllabals (sp?) of the words and the counts . The last person hit was it

 

[peacefulgirl]

Red Red pee the bed ....
wipe it up with ginger bread .....


what was that ????

 

[gr8tpanther]

1 potato
2 potato
3 potato
4...

I don't remember the rest


I think that it is that old age thing.

 

[elemusing]

Cinderalla Dressed in yellow ("yella")
Went upstairs to kiss her fella
By mistake she kissed a snake

How many doctors did it take?
5! 1- 2-3-4-5 And you are not it!


My ds6 learned eenie meenie miney mo last year and that is how he picks between two things. It is so funny to watch him try to make a decision.

 

[MaryJ]

Originally posted by gr8tpanther
1 potato
2 potato
3 potato
4...

I don't remember the rest


I think that it is that old age thing.

5 potato
6 potato
7 potato
more!

To do this rhyme people hold their hands in fists....fists are then the potatos. As you land on a hand with the word "more" that person puts his fist behind his back. First person to lose both fists is "it."