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Children's rhyme
For some reason the other day I started thinking about a kid's rhyme/whatsit I hadn't thought of in years. I haven't remembered it 100%, but searching on it reveals that there are all sorts of variants on it that people did.
It was a way to give someone else chills (quite nice in hot Texas weather!) You stood behind someone and performed actions on their back with your hands as you said the lines. Our went:
X marks the spot (draw a big X on their back)
A dash and a dot (draw an exclamation point)
Two bullet holes (jab them lightly twice)
Blood runs down (Draw your palms down their back, mimicking bloodstreams]
(Tight squeeze)*
Cool breeze [blow gently on the back of their neck]
And chills [said with a dropped voice, dramatically]
And then you stood back to watch them shiver. :) Did anyone else here do something of the sort? What was your variant?
*I'm not 100% on this line, but can't find anything else that sounds familiar. Presumably you'd give a quick squeeze to their shoulders or something.
It was a way to give someone else chills (quite nice in hot Texas weather!) You stood behind someone and performed actions on their back with your hands as you said the lines. Our went:
X marks the spot (draw a big X on their back)
A dash and a dot (draw an exclamation point)
Two bullet holes (jab them lightly twice)
Blood runs down (Draw your palms down their back, mimicking bloodstreams]
(Tight squeeze)*
Cool breeze [blow gently on the back of their neck]
And chills [said with a dropped voice, dramatically]
And then you stood back to watch them shiver. :) Did anyone else here do something of the sort? What was your variant?
*I'm not 100% on this line, but can't find anything else that sounds familiar. Presumably you'd give a quick squeeze to their shoulders or something.
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Ours was a little dark and ended with a falling sensation. I might have the order wrong -- it's possible the "people are dying" bit comes right before the Empire State Building.
Square on your back, smaller and smaller (draw a square getting smaller)
Concentrate, concentrate (with the sides of your hands, tap their shoulder blades to the rhythm of the chant)
People are dying, babies are crying (I think this was just more tapping)
Concentrate, concentrate (tapping on shoulder blades)
Snake on your back, bites you on the neck (slide your hand up their back, pinch their neck lightly)
Concentrate, concentrate (tapping on shoulder blades)
Egg on your head and it just got cracked (places a fist on their head gently, tap it with your free hand, and then wiggle your fingers against their head, neck, and shoulders, like egg running down)
Concentrate, concentrate (tapping on shoulder blades)
You're on the Empire State Building (take them by the shoulders and make them sway like they're in a strong breeze on top of a tall building)
Then someone comes up behind you (take your hands off them)
And pushes you off (shove them)