Skipping games
Channel: British Library
Date: 2016-10-13

Children have been skipping with ropes since the 1700s; and skipping with hoops since the 1500s. In many playgrounds today, skipping is still as popular as ever. Skipping games can be musical, lively, sociable, and sometimes competitive. Girls and boys may choose to play on their own, seeing how many ‘skips’ they can do without stumbling, or they may play with a long rope, inviting players in to skip while chanting a particular song or rhyme such as ‘banana split’.

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