Sandie Toy
Sandie Toy
Hand Clapping Rhyme
Sandie Toy, Sandie Toy,
Sandie Tiddlem, Tiddlem Toy.
There was a man, a man indeed;
He sowed his garden full of seed;
When the seed began to grow,
Like a garden full of snow;
When the snow began to melt,
Like a ship without a belt;
When the ship began to sail,
Like a bird without a tail;
When the bird began to fly,
Like a diamond in the sky;
When the sky began to roar,
Like a lion at my door;
When the door began to crack,
Like a stick across my back.
Game Instructions
Here's how this game is explained in "The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire":
"The players arranged themselves in two rows, standing opposite each other. Each individual clapped her hands together, then raising the right hand open, strikes the open right hand of the girl opposite her; each again strikes her two palms together, and then the left hands meet. This is repeated in time to the rhyme, which marks it as a Low Country game." -
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This rhyme can be found in "The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire" compiled by Robert Craig Maclagan (1901).
Thank you!
