18 The Things We Said

Things we said…

‘Um, I’m telling.’

                                                                                                  

‘You’ve had it!’

‘Cross my heart and hope to die.’

‘I’m the king of the castle and you’re the dirty rascal.’

‘Stare cat, stare cat, you don’t know what you’re looking at.’

‘Ha ha ha hee hee hee, you’ve got a face like a chimpanzee.’

‘Hoi! Pack it in!’

‘Make friends, make friends never ever break friends’ (affirmation of friendship in which two people carry out a form of handshake by linking their little fingers, breaking contact on the word break.

‘Smell the cheese’ we said, offering someone a fist resting on a palm.

‘Lord keep us safe this night
Secure from all our fears
May angels guard us while we sleep
Till morning light appears. Amen’

Things we sang…

‘Thank you for the food we eat
Thank you for the world so sweet
Thank you for the birds that sing
Thank you God for everything.’

 

‘Oh dear what can the matter be two old ladies locked in the lavatory, they were there from Monday to Saturday nobody knew they were there.’

‘Build a bonfire, build a bonfire put the teachers on the top, put <insert name of unpopular teacher here> in the middle and burn the blooming lot.’

‘I’m Popeye the sailor man, I live in a caravan, I opened the door and fell through the floor I’m Popeye the sailor man.’

‘Say what you will, school dinners make you ill.

Davy Crockett died of Shepherd’s Pie

Our school din-dins come from pig bins

Out of town’

Dipping rhymes…

‘Dip dip dip my blue ship, sails on the ocean you’re not it.’

‘One potato two potato three potato four…;

‘Ink pink pudding stink out goes stinky.’

‘Eeny meeny miny mo…’ 

Other rhymes…

‘My friend Billy’s got a…’

‘Inky pinky ponky Daddy bought a donkey…’

‘Fatty and Skinny were having a bath…’

Girls’ game/skipping/juggling rhymes

'Queenie, Queenie, who's got the ball, is she fat or is she small?'

‘Nebuchadnezzar King of the Jews bought his wife a pair of shoes…’

‘Keep the kettle boiling…’