Comments on: Looking for an Old Czech Rhyme

By: Hana

Hana — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:58:30 +0000

Your Grandmother used to say :”Pánbíček vás potrestá” meaning “God will punish you”.

“Pánbíček” – is very informal and diminutive of “Pán Bůh” (God The Lord)

By: karisa

karisa — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:28:03 +0000

Hana,

Thank you so much! My grandmother just passed away yesterday, so I was trying to get some recordings properly labeled to share with family.

She would also always say a phrase “Bombi czech les putras stra” which essentially meant “What goes around comes around” or “you’ll get what’s coming to you”.

Karisa

By: Hana

Hana — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:08:29 +0000

For Karisa

You can hear “bubyupka” (Měla babka) in the end of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6M5hGfAJ0Q

And this is the way, how children in Czech Republic are usually singing this song and dancing a dance callled “MAZURKA” :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41-IaHBvs9A&feature=related

By: Hana

Hana — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:50:08 +0000

bubyupka …..

I think it is this one:

Měla babka čtyři jabka
a dědoušek jen dvě
dej mi babko jedno jabko
budeme mít stejně.

Grandmother had four apples
grandfather had only two
give me grandmother one apple
we will have as well

Vařila liška krupky, hrách
vařila to na kamnách.
tomu dala
tomu dala
tomu dala
tomu nezbývala
zakroutila hlavičkou
běžela, běžela, běžela
šup se tam schovala.

By: karisa

karisa — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:48:32 +0000

There was also a song she would sing that started off (phonetically)

bubyupka shtidiupka

I will try to unearth the old recordings I have, but the ones on my computer currently are oddly blank.

By: karisa

karisa — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:30:33 +0000

My grandmother taught me a version of that fingerplay…it’s similar, but different. I’d love to know the actual Czech spelling of this one. She always said it was about a mother fox cooking a stew of peas and carrots. Then she gave some to this one, this one, this one, but there wasn’t any left for the last one, so she twisted off his little head and ran and hid in her hole (armpit).

any insight?

Vaszrila liska krupke hrah
Vaszro lato nukem nah
domolala
domolala
domolala
domo nezbitala
zacrocheela hlavichku
Beajshala, Beajshala, Beajshala,
Shupsetum Scovala

By: Hana

Hana — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:30:56 +0000

There are many versions of this fingerplay. I think that this could help you a little:
http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=1025&c=153

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:29:32 +0000

I have been trying to find the words and translation for an old Bohemian rhyme/finger play that my Grandfather use to say. It went something like this(my english phonetic words):
Vajshula Vajshula kutches koo
Najshula Venda Brendesh koo
Tocdomolala, Tocdomolala, Tocdomolala, Tocdomolala, Androstrawpesku?
Tacolila, Tacolila,
Beajshala, Beajshala, Beajshala,
Androstrawpesku!

This said while swirling a finger in the palm of the hand and up the finger then around the wrist then walking fingers up the arm and tickling the arm pit.

Anyone able to help?

By: Hana

Hana — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:30:11 +0000

For Whitney:

Vařila myšička kašičku
na zeleném rendlíčku,
tomu dala,
tomu taky,
tomu málo,
tomu víc,
a na toho maličkého
nezůstalo vůbec nic!
A ten maličký utíkal
do komůrečky
na homolečky
a tam se napapal.

Look at this:
http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=1025&c=153

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:51:23 +0000

Hana said…

What about this?

http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=1025&c=153