Lá na rua 24
This rhyme can be used to play a circle game.
Lá na rua 24
There on Street Number 24
Circle Game
Circle Game
(Portuguese)
(English)
Lá na rua 24,
a mulher matou um gato*,
com a sola do sapato.
O sapato estremeceu,
a mulher morreu,
o culpado não fui eu.
There on street number 24,*
A woman killed a cat
With the sole of her shoe.
The shoe shuddered,
The woman died,
The culprit wasn't me.
Notes
*This line can be found as "a mulher matou um sapo" (a woman killed a toad).
Game Instructions
The children sit in a circle, a child sits in the middle. Player #1 claps his right hand with the right hand of the player on his left side on the 1st syllable. Player #2 claps his right hand to the right hand of the player on his left on the 2nd syllable and so on till the end of the rhyme. The child whose hand was clapped last goes in the middle and the game starts again.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Translated by Monique.
