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. > > > >

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. >>> >>> >>> > >