Eenie Menie Miney Mo Catch a Nigger by the toe If he hollers make him pay Fifty dollars every day Out goes you you old dirth dishrag You get out. louis ----- Original Message ----- From: <MaxJacobs@aol.com> To: <TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 10:38 AM Subject: Games > > O-U-T spells Out Goes You, You Old Dirty Dish Rag You! > > Now some of y'all think that was a part of One-Potato, etc. > > Seems to me it was an ending for Eenie-Meenie-Miney-Moe. > > Anyone remember how that went? > > M. > > >

Shelby County Texas Facts week ending 08/23/2002 is ready http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/shelbyfacts.htm Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby rayjac@ktsnet.com

O-U-T spells Out Goes You, You Old Dirty Dish Rag You! Now some of y'all think that was a part of One-Potato, etc. Seems to me it was an ending for Eenie-Meenie-Miney-Moe. Anyone remember how that went? M.

Eenie-meenie-miney-mo.....etc then, My-momma-told-me to-choose-this-one-but-I-was-naughty-and-chose-THIS-one! Seize the day! ET ----- Original Message ----- From: MaxJacobs@aol.com To: TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: August 23, 2002 10:38 AM Subject: Games O-U-T spells Out Goes You, You Old Dirty Dish Rag You! Now some of y'all think that was a part of One-Potato, etc. Seems to me it was an ending for Eenie-Meenie-Miney-Moe. Anyone remember how that went? M.

I was born in Logansport, that was the closest medical place, the Sanitarium. HA>>>>see that is what is wrong with me. I was not supposed to have lived as the doctor dropped an instrument on my head. I still have about a 2 inch round bald spot. My grandmother always told me that it took about 3 years for that to heal. My grandfather helped deliver me. My father and Mother were separated...hum...nothing has changed in these days, has it?? Jane Sanford Keppler

JANE SAID ... I have thoroughly enjoyed the discussion. At least it has got the list active again. I just moved to Leander TX last week, so will not be able to go "home" very often, probably just for funerals or reunions. We played all the games that have been in the discussion at my grandparents farm in Joaquin. What memories! Thanks, Jane Sanford Keppler sponsor for Shelby,& Montgomery County TX DeSoto Parish, LA. Am gonna look up Leander ... :-) Have been led by my grandmother's birth certificate ... to DeSoto Parish ... Mansfield and Logansport, to do research. ***I always thought she was born and reared in Shelby County ... *** until we found her birth certificate ... and that helped us find her mom and dad's marriage license ... and also ... the license of when her mom then married Pawpaw, after Mr. Hicks died. :-) >>>Strange how one little piece of paper can lead to so much information.<<< Je taime for now. xxoo Macile (I really enjoyed this series of notes also ... brought back lots of good memories)

In a message dated 8/23/2002 7:00:32 AM Central Daylight Time, bookout@qnet.com writes: > Not just names and dates, but also HISTORIES. > > Meg Gentry Bookout RIGHT ON, GIRL ... AND HOW HAVE YOU BEEN? LONG TIME, NO HEAR. Je t'aime xxoo Macile

I have thoroughly enjoyed the discussion. At least it has got the list active again. I just moved to Leander TX last week, so will not be able to go "home" very often, probably just for funerals or reunions. We played all the games that have been in the discussion at my grandparents farm in Joaquin. What memories! Thanks, Jane Sanford Keppler sponsor for Shelby,& Montgomery County TX DeSoto Parish, LA.

from the website dictionary.com: ge·ne·al·o·gy Pronunciation Key (jn-l-j, -l-, jn-) n. pl. ge·ne·al·o·gies 1. A record or table of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree. 2. Direct descent from an ancestor; lineage or pedigree. 3. The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories. Not just names and dates, but also HISTORIES. Meg Gentry Bookout Betty Jacks wrote: > I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GENEALOGY SITE !!!! > > "winnie s. smith" wrote: > > >>This is the way I remember it!! Everyone forms a circle, holding hands. >>Start walking to the left, singing, Ring around the roses, pocket full of >>roses --- up stairs, down stairs --- all fall down On the word "UP", >>still holding hands, everyone jumps up. On the word "DOWN", everyone >>squats down, and for "ALL FALL DOWN", everyone literally falls down!! >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: <GuteTag@aol.com> >>To: <TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:48 PM >>Subject: Games >> >> >>><PRE>Yes, I agree, the game is called "Annie Over", not ante over. London >>> >>Bridge >> >>>was not ashes, ashes, all fall down as reported by someone. That one is >>> >>Ring >> >>>Around the Rosies, pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, all fall down. >>>London Bridge is two people join their hands above their heads and others >>>march through, at the end of the song, whoever is passing through gets >>>caught. It goes: London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling >>> >>down, >> >>>London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady. There are other verses, but >>> >>I >> >>>can' remember the rest. >>> >>> >>> > >

Janice, I believe this is what you describe is akin to the "Tin Can Violin" or "Moose Call" or "Bull Horn". Thos that were good at pulling the string could make it sound like a bull bellowing back off in the woods. You punch a hole in the bottom of a tin can using a hammer and a nail. Thread a long cotton shoelace (or heavy cotton string) through the hole and tie a knot inside the can. Hold the shoelace firmly with a wet cloth and pull allowing the shoelace to slowly slip through the cloth. You will hear a loud honking sound. It sounds like a moose. This moose call operates on the same principle as the most expensive Stradivarius. Robert Parker robert_parker@msn.com Solving a mystery, even if another is opened, is still progress... -----Original Message----- From: jg103 [mailto:jg103@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 8:53 PM To: TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fw: Tin Can Telephones Can anyone remember what the thing was called that we made with a tin can? We punched a hole in the bottom for a long string to dangle through, coated the string with pine resin, hid in the woods and pulled the string with a glove. Depending on the length of the string and the size of the can, all kinds of horrific sounds could be made. My Dad taught me to make one, but I forgot what he called it. I'm writing a story about one and need the name . Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony" <lanagan@by-rite.net> To: <TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:35 PM Subject: Tin Can Telephones > RE: childhood games of ours or of our ancestors: > > What about kite string strung between two tin cans for the old telephone trick? > > >

What about Mumbley Peg? Boys would take an open pocket knife and stand spread legged and try to throw it in the center of the space between their feet. They would get narrower and narrower until all but one chickened out or there was bloodshed -- which wasn't all that common. -----Original Message----- From: B. McGinnis [mailto:hunybuny@cyberback.com] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 6:48 PM To: TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: games and Genealogy I am enjoying them too Pat, this is part of our genealogy. They are bringing back a lot of memories that I forgot I had. prechan wrote: > I enjoy this subject of games , If anyone is as old as I am, it is > genealogy for sure. When as many years pass, as have for me , I am an > Ancestor to many !! > > Pat in OK

Can anyone remember what the thing was called that we made with a tin can? We punched a hole in the bottom for a long string to dangle through, coated the string with pine resin, hid in the woods and pulled the string with a glove. Depending on the length of the string and the size of the can, all kinds of horrific sounds could be made. My Dad taught me to make one, but I forgot what he called it. I'm writing a story about one and need the name . Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony" <lanagan@by-rite.net> To: <TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:35 PM Subject: Tin Can Telephones > RE: childhood games of ours or of our ancestors: > > What about kite string strung between two tin cans for the old telephone trick? > > >

I am enjoying them too Pat, this is part of our genealogy. They are bringing back a lot of memories that I forgot I had. prechan wrote: > I enjoy this subject of games , If anyone is as old as I am, it is > genealogy for sure. When as many years pass, as have for me , I am an > Ancestor to many !! > > Pat in OK

I enjoy this subject of games , If anyone is as old as I am, it is genealogy for sure. When as many years pass, as have for me , I am an Ancestor to many !! Pat in OK

A game played at recess (1918-1925 in Gooberhill, Shelby Co., Texas---I can provide surnames if necessary) was called "Fox and Hounds". 2 were chosen as foxes and given a section of woods and a 15 minute start. Then the rest were hounds and took off in pursuit, running and barking and just being dogs. Miles through woods & creeks got rid of a lot of built up energy (no calming-down medication was dispensed). The hunt was over when the teacher blew a cow horn to call all the little animals in. M.

Bill, Do you have a Richard Bryant Carroll or Seaborne Carroll in your family? I am a genealogy nut and these Carroll's are in my husbands line. Thanks Vera BAILEY DuBose email me at this email address veramaebailey3.com@juno.com On Thu, 22 Aug 2002 10:50:20 -0400 "William E. Carroll" <wcarroll2@houston.rr.com> writes: > Does anyone remember the rest of this one: "One potato, two potato, > three potato four---". Is it this one or another that ends: "out > goes you, you dirty old dishrag, you"? > > Bill Carroll >

I wouldn't touch that one with a 20 foot pole. louis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony" <lanagan@by-rite.net> To: <TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:31 PM Subject: Fw: Fw: Games > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Stovall" <sds41@yahoo.com> > To: "Tony" <lanagan@by-rite.net> > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:28 AM > Subject: Re: Fw: Games > > > > Come on and be honest! Can anybody remember playing > > doctor? This was even before there were so many > > specialists! > > > > > > --- Tony <lanagan@by-rite.net> wrote: > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Bonnie & David Kaemmerling" <dckaemm@lcc.net> > > > To: <TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 11:08 AM > > > Subject: Games > > > > > > > > > > I remember a game that we called "I Spy" . You > > > had to pick an object and > > > give three clues. The other person got three > > > guesses to try to find the > > > object. > > > > > > > > I also remember spending many hours looking at the > > > clouds and finding > > > shapes of different things in the clouds. > > > > > > > > And don't forget "Hide and Seek". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > > http://www.hotjobs.com > > > >

<PRE>Yes, I agree, the game is called "Annie Over", not ante over. London Bridge was not ashes, ashes, all fall down as reported by someone. That one is Ring Around the Rosies, pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, all fall down. London Bridge is two people join their hands above their heads and others march through, at the end of the song, whoever is passing through gets caught. It goes: London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady. There are other verses, but I can' remember the rest.

This is the way I remember it!! Everyone forms a circle, holding hands. Start walking to the left, singing, Ring around the roses, pocket full of roses --- up stairs, down stairs --- all fall down On the word "UP", still holding hands, everyone jumps up. On the word "DOWN", everyone squats down, and for "ALL FALL DOWN", everyone literally falls down!! ----- Original Message ----- From: <GuteTag@aol.com> To: <TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:48 PM Subject: Games > <PRE>Yes, I agree, the game is called "Annie Over", not ante over. London Bridge > was not ashes, ashes, all fall down as reported by someone. That one is Ring > Around the Rosies, pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, all fall down. > London Bridge is two people join their hands above their heads and others > march through, at the end of the song, whoever is passing through gets > caught. It goes: London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, > London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady. There are other verses, but I > can' remember the rest. > >

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GENEALOGY SITE !!!! "winnie s. smith" wrote: > This is the way I remember it!! Everyone forms a circle, holding hands. > Start walking to the left, singing, Ring around the roses, pocket full of > roses --- up stairs, down stairs --- all fall down On the word "UP", > still holding hands, everyone jumps up. On the word "DOWN", everyone > squats down, and for "ALL FALL DOWN", everyone literally falls down!! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <GuteTag@aol.com> > To: <TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:48 PM > Subject: Games > > > <PRE>Yes, I agree, the game is called "Annie Over", not ante over. London > Bridge > > was not ashes, ashes, all fall down as reported by someone. That one is > Ring > > Around the Rosies, pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, all fall down. > > London Bridge is two people join their hands above their heads and others > > march through, at the end of the song, whoever is passing through gets > > caught. It goes: London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling > down, > > London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady. There are other verses, but > I > > can' remember the rest. > > > >