 | Child - 1883 - 330 str.
...water, And all the water were ink, What should we do for bread and cheese ? What should we do for drink? Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, And Jack jump over the candlestick. Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker's man, Bake me a cake as fast as you can ; Prick it, and pat it, and... | |
 | Indiana. Department of Public Instruction - 1918 - 358 str.
...The players, in single file, run and jump over the candle, keeping the feet together, repeating the rhyme: "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, And Jack jump over the candlestick." ' The player who knocks down the candle must replace same. Variations: 1. Place several kinds of candles... | |
 | Community Service, Inc - 1920 - 40 str.
...NIMBLE Place a small object eight to ten inches high upright on the floor to represent a candlestick. The players run in single file and jump with both feet at once over the candlestick, while all recite: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. Jack jump over the candlestick. Each player tries to clear the... | |
 | Michigan. Department of Public Instruction - 1922 - 118 str.
...NIMBLE ~Place a small object eight to ten inches high upright on the floor to represent a candlestick. The players run in single file and jump with both feet at once over the candlestick, while all recite: Jack be nimble Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick. Each player tries to clear the... | |
 | Laura Rountree Smith - 1923 - 170 str.
...eight to ten inches high upright on the floor to represent a candlestick. The children are to run along in single file and jump with both feet at once over the candlestick, while all recite: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick. Each child tries to jump over... | |
 | University of the State of New York - 1922 - 446 str.
...The players, in single file, run and jump over the candle, keeping the feet together, repeating the rhyme: " Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, And Jack jump over the candlestick." The player who knocks down the candle must replace same. Variations: (i) place several kinds of candles... | |
 | Alpha Wilma Roth - 1927 - 186 str.
...water. Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after. 1. JACK BE NIMBLE (ií G) Jack be nimble , Jack be quick, And Jack Jump over the candlestick« 2. JERRY AND JAJffiS AND JOHN (MG) There was an old woman had three sons. Jerry and James and John:... | |
 | 1921 - 614 str.
...The players, in single file, run and jump over the candle, keeping the feet together, repeating the rhyme: " Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, And Jack jump over the candlestick." The player who knocks down the candle must replace same. Variations: (i) place several kinds of candles... | |
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Some small object about 6 or 8 inches high is placed upright on the floor to represent a candlestick. The players run in single file and jump with both feet at once over the candlestick, while all of them say the following rime : "Jack be nimble, Jack... 