Pretty Easter Vintage Postcard and A Curious Prediction

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The Banner Haus News:

A prediction: A new comet soon to be declared!

And, my son is 20 today!

Old-Time Games

Along with the autograph book rhymes mentioned in the last post, as children we girls knew dozens of jump-rope rhymes and games.

There were simple games, with a single rope being turned at a reasonable rate, where someone could suddenly yell "Hot peppers!" and those turning the rope would pick up the pace dramatically and the rope would just become a blur.

There was also a way of mimicking the two-turner jump-roping, with a child holding one end of the rope and the other end tied to a pole or something similar. Although the mechanics of it all now escapes me, there was a way to both keep turning one end and to turn around and be within the twirling rope, as if there were a couple of friends turning the rope instead of just the single person. But it was heck on the shoulder.

Here are a few jump rope rhymes, that sometimes had movements associated with them (like running in and out of the rope):

Cinderella, dressed in yella,

Went upstairs to kiss a fella.

Made a mistake,

Kissed a snake.

How many doctors did it take?

1,2,3,4...[until you miss]

~*~

Not last night, but the night before,

Twenty-four robbers came knocking at my door.

I ran out, as they ran in.

Hit me on the head with a rolling pin.

I asked them what they wanted,

This is what they said:

"Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, do the splits!

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, do a kick!

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground,

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around!"

The Yankee kids said "Spanish Dancer, do the splits" etc., but we had the Teddy Bear version.

Vintage Easter Postcard Freebie

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This gal has herself a very intelligent-looking rabbit, mayhap even a royal rabbit of some sort -- just look at its serene yet haughty expression.