One, Two, Three a Leerie/The Big Ship Sails
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
10 July 1976
Track ID
31127
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1976.78.A10
Original Tape ID
Summary
Forfar ball-game rhymes, with the actions of one described.
Jean Rodger recalls two of the many ball-game rhymes of her childhood. One was: "One, two, three a leerie, / I spy Mrs. Peary / Sittin on her bumbaleerie / Eatin chocolate babies."
Another was: "The big ship sails through the elli elli o [repeated] / On the fourteenth of September". At "elli elli o" the player put her leg over the ball, and at the end she bounced the ball and turned round.
Recording Location
County - Angus
Parish - Forfar
Village/Place - Forfar
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good