About Sitting On Her Bumbaleerie

Just to explain, the name 'Sitting On Her Bumbaleerie' comes from a Scottish song that my gran taught me. Here it is:


One, two, three a-leerie,

I spy Miss Macleerie,

Sitting on her bumbaleerie,

Eating chocolate biscuits!


You also have to bounce a ball in time with the song, and at the end of every line you have to pass the ball under your leg. Why? I have no idea. But I like it, and it's definitely worth trying!

And that's what I do when I'm making, sit about on my bumbaleerie so it seemed apt. Hope that clears it up!

Eilidhbelle

xx

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous31 August 2012 at 03:57

    Och, this is an old ball bouncing game right enough. Bouncing two tennis balls against a wall and bouncing one under your knee at the end of each line. If you catch it against your leg and drop it then you are "out" - next person takes over. Another rhyme was- Are you going to golf sir? no sir? why sir? because I've got a cold sir.
    Where'd you get the cold sir, up the North Pole sir, what were you doing there sir? catching Polar Bears sir. How many did you catch sir? I caught 1 2 3 4 etc. A knee bounce on each "sir" and one for each number. Ahhh. childhood - where did it go ?

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    1. Eilidhbelle5 September 2012 at 03:45

      This game sounds absolutely bonkers. And also really difficult, there's no way I'd be co-ordinated enough to manage even one loop.

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  2. Sarah27 September 2012 at 14:21

    thanks for the lovely comment you left on my blog, I wrote you a reply but it got lost in the ether.. (you're set at No Relpy) Thanks again! Sarah

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