eternallytired Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 My 6yo is super into me giving him the chills lately, but the only rhyme I can remember is the one that was more popular when I was older...which is rather gruesome. FYI, the one I can remember goes: Treasure Island, Treasure Island [slowly drawing a large circle each time you say it] X marks the spot. X marks the spot. [making a large X each time you say it] Dot, dash, dot, dash, question mark. [self-explanatory] Spider crawling up your back--gotcha! [fingers crawl up back and grab the back of the person's neck] Spider crawling up your back--gotcha! [same as above] Dagger in the back--blood rushes down! [pound your fist between shoulder blades as if stabbing, then run your fingers down from there as a river of blood] Dagger in the back--blood rushes down! [same as above] Cool breeze, tight squeeze, now you've got the chills! [blow on the person's neck, squeeze both shoulders, and lightly tickle fingers all over back] I've been skipping the "dagger in the back--blood rushes down" bit with him, but I'd love to remember the clean rhyme I learned when I was really little. I know it started out "dot, dot, dash...dot, dot, dash..." And I'm pretty sure you pretended to crack an egg and have the yolk run down. I've searched online and found nothing like it, just odd versions of the one above. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 If we can't help you, you might try asking Mama Lisa. She often hosts requests for information on children's rhymes and the like on her site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I remember a similar one that talked about the sandman but I think it had all the same gruesome bits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I remember something like five knives in your back, blood trickling down, spiders crawling all around, a little squeeze and a cool breeze, now you have the chills. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovinmyboys Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 We do: X marks the spot With a dot dot dot A line line line And a question mark A wiggle wiggle here A wiggle wiggle there Rain Egg cracking Cool breeze Warm squeeze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 X marks the spot (draw x on back) A circle and a dot (draw circle on back, poke in middle) Up the river down the river (run fingers up then down back) Cootie shot! (tickle in the middle of back)Cold breeze (blow on person's neck) Tight squeeze (squeeze shoulder) Egg. . . . . (put fist on head) Smashing down your head (smack fist, and pull hands down head) That's the one I learned! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 And ftr - my undergrad degree was in music education, and we had some really interesting coursework on folk rhymes, songs, and variations that have been passed from one area to another. This is kinda interesting stuff for me! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemongoose Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Going on a treasure hunt X marks the spot (make the X) Snakes crawling up your back (squiggle fingers up spine) Bite you (squeeze back of neck lightly) Snakes crawling down (squiggle down) (Repeat the snake lines again.) Take the cool breeze (blow on back of neck) And a tight squeeze (squeeze back of neck) And now you've got the chilly willies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Reefgazer Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Holy crap! My childhood was so innocent; I never heard any of these, LOL. 9 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Holy crap! My childhood was so innocent; I never heard any of these, LOL. Me either. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Going on a treasure hunt (walk fingers up the spine) X marks the spot (draw an x) Four big boulders (thump side of fist in a square pattern - shoulder blades and right below) and one tiny rock (poke finger in the center) Spider crawling up the spine (tickle with fingers up the spine) Spider crawling down the spine Slight breeze (blow on neck) Tight squeeze (squeeze the sides) Now you've got the shivers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykidsrmyjoy Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 This was our version: Crisscross (draw a large X on the back) Applesauce (knock on the back 3 times with your fist) Spiders crawling up your back (walk lightly up the back with your fingers Spiders crawling down your back (walk lightly down the back with your fingers) Egg crack (knock gently on the top of the head with your fist and then open your hand and run it lightly down the head and neck) Cool breeze (blow on the the neck) Tight squeeze ( squeeze shoulders firmly) Now you have the chills ( rub lightly all over the back with fingertips of both hands) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bensmom Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 When I was a child, my mom did it: X marks the spot A circle and a dot Dash, dot, dash, dot Big question mark Blood running down When my ds son was little, I changed "blood running down" to "chocolate syrup all over". I never thought the "blood" was creepy when I was little. It just struck me as weird when I had a child of my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 This thread is a zombie, but I'm enjoying all the variations on the rhyme. The version I grew up with was much shorter and simpler. It never even crossed my mind that there were alternatives! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 There's always alternatives. That's the beauty of oral traditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Big X little x question mark dot squeeze-a-neck crack-an-egg now ya got the chills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookbard Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) Ours (Australia) goes like this. "Going on a treasure hunt, X marks the spot (draw X on back) Blood goes up, blood goes down. Blood goes up, blood goes down. (run fingers up and down back) Cool breeze! (Breathe on neck) Tight squeeze! (squeeze shoulders) Crack an egg and make you freeeeze!" (Pretend to crack egg above head and it 'drips' - run fingers lightly over scalp. ETA - We didn't have this growing up. I learned it from a younger sister as an adult, she used it with her kids and I ended up using it (and still do) with mine. I'll have to ask her where she got it from. Edited June 26, 2017 by bookbard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Oh this is an old thread isn't it? But it's pulling a memory out of my brain that I didn't even know was there. My sister, our friend Melanie, and I would do this one (and enjoy having it done to us--it really did give you goose bumps): Big X (draw on back) Little X (draw smaller x on back) Question Mark (draw out top part of question mark on back) Marks the spot (emphasize the dot of the question mark on back) Tight squeeze (squeeze shoulders) Cool breeze (blow on back of neck) Now you've got the shivers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 This is great! We had one too but with different words. I'm going write all of these down because this was my kids' favorite game. I got mine from my cousin when we were both six. Going on a treasure hunt (fingers walk up the back) X marks the spot (draw and x, touch the middle) Snakes crawling up your back (slither fingers in serpentine motion of the spine) Bite you in the neck (startle-squeeze the neck gently) Cool breeze (blow down neck) Tight squeeze (grab sides with both hands) (Draw this part out and startle at the end) Noooow yoooou haaaave theeee.... CHILLS (grab sides again with both hands) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixpix5 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) In Carson City NV it was: Big x little x Question mark Dot Line line line line Dot dot dot Spider crawling up your back Blood gushing down Cool breeze Tight squeeze Now you have the shiveries. Edited June 26, 2017 by nixpix5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rose Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 West Coast Canada version: dot, dot, line, line spiders climbing up your spine tight squeeze (gentle squeeze on back of neck) cool breeze (blow on neck) Now you've got the shiveries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Going on a treasure hunt X marks the spot Three lines down and a ? mark A pinch A squeeze A cool tropical breeze Now you've got the chills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixpix5 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 This post has me curious now about all of the others like: Down by the banks of... say say oh playmate Mrs. Susie had a tugboat And all the rest... I was always curious about how those schoolyard rhymes made it from place to place. Good times :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Zombie thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
literalgoddess Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 dot, dot. line, line spider crawling up your spine... tight squeeze cool breeze now you got the heebie jeebies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I was trying to remember these! We had the top one in primary school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpertuhimata Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I learnt Line line dot dot Pull your hair Electric shock Spiders crawling up you back Egg crack down you back Which finger was that ( poke them with random finger then make them guess) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) Okay, this is getting odd. ETA: Is everyone in this thread doing okay? Also ETA: why so many views of this thread? 130,00+? Is it linked elsewhere, I wonder? Edited November 23, 2020 by MercyA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 20 minutes ago, MercyA said: Okay, this is getting odd. ETA: Is everyone in this thread doing okay? Also ETA: why so many views of this thread? 130,00+? Is it linked elsewhere, I wonder? Might be best this thread gets closed. A little weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Ausmumof3 said: Might be best this thread gets closed. A little weird. Yes, I agree. The use of the word "pedo" made me uncomfortable. I hope it doesn't mean what I think it means. I mean, it was interesting to talk about childhood memories and rhymes amongst ourselves. But people joining the forum just to post in this thread? It's just, as you said, a little weird. Edited November 23, 2020 by MercyA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, MercyA said: Yes, I agree. The use of the word "pedo" made me uncomfortable. I hope it doesn't mean what I think it means. I mean, it was interesting to talk about childhood memories and rhymes amongst ourselves. But people joining the forum just to post in this thread? It's just, as you said, a little weird. Unfortunately I think it does, at least it does where I live, and it’s probably a good reminder to us all to be a bit careful about what we share on a public forum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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