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Down Down Baby" (also known as "Roller Coaster" [1] [2]) is a clapping game played by children in English-speaking countries. In the game, two or more children stand in a circle, and clap hands in tune to a rhyming song. It has been used in various songs and media productions since the mid 20th century. [3]
Melody Play ⓘ "Mary Mack" ("Miss Mary Mack") is a clapping game of unknown origin. It is first attested in the book The Counting Out Rhymes of Children by Henry Carrington Bolton (1888), whose version was collected in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
These include clapping games, like "Miss Susie", played in America; "A sailor went to sea" from Britain; and "Mpeewa", played in parts of Africa. [21] Many traditional Māori children's games, some of them with educational applications—such as hand movement, stick and string games—were accompanied by particular songs. [22]
The game is played by two or more players while clapping in a certain sequence (clapping the other person's hand with the left hand facing up and right hand facing down, clapping the other person's hand with both hands facing outwards at chest height, clapping your own hands) and chanting.
Clap your hands together, 1, 2, 3, And place them gently upon your knee. [1] Origins. Iona and Peter Opie traced this rhyme back to Netherlands in the 1890s. When ...
The chant may have been inspired by the film 300 released in 2006. [3] Some believed the chant was first used by fans of Scottish club Motherwell F.C., while others suggest it had been performed by fans of the French club Lens more than two decades prior. [4] Fans of the Greek side PAOK have also chanted "PAOK" on the clap of hands since the ...
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A clapping game (or hand game) is a type of usually cooperative (i.e., non-competitive) game which is generally played by two players and involves clapping as a rhythmic accompaniment to a singing game or reciting of a rhyme, often nursery rhymes. Clapping games are found throughout the world and similar games may be known throughout large ...