Wiggly Woo agus a Cháirde

WigglyWoo agus a Chairde...

A collection of traditional rhymes with artwork by very young children and their parents from County Waterford.

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Wiggly Woo agus a Chairde...

What do you get when you bring a writer with her guitar, an artist, and pre-school children with their parents together in a library setting to play, make art work, sing songs and rhymes? The Rannta na nDeise workshops, which Kids’ Own delivered in partnership with County Waterford Library Service and Waterford County Childcare Committee, resulted in this exciting collection of rhymes and art work, which reflects and celebrates the extraordinary creativity of 3 and 4 year olds.

This interagency partnership provided a framework through which we could explore the value of providing a space for parents and children to play together, to support learning, development and creativity in children.

The workshops took place in Dungarvan, Lismore, Portlaw and Tramore, and engaged over 100 parents and children from across Waterford, working with writer, Mary Branley and artist, Polly Minett.

We gratefully acknowledge the Arts Council’s support of this project, through their Touring Award and hope that this book will be enjoyed by many more parents and children who want to share in a creative learning experience together.

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Thanks to all the children, parents, grandparents and childminders who made this book possible. A very big thank you to The Arts Council for funding this

programme through The Arts Council Touring Award, Christian Delaney, Linda Delaney, Emma Walsh, Geraldine to Jean Webster and all at the Waterford County Library Walsh, Dylan Waters, Laura Waters, Luke Ronayne, Irene Service and Margaret Organ, Waterford Arts Service, for all Ronayne, Stephen O’Hara, Anne Marie O’Toole, Mikoway their support and vision throughout this programme.

Sasiadek, Marta Sasiadek, Derval Gibney-Sheridan, Lorraine Gibney-Sheridan, Andrea Hornibrook, Caroline Horni- Kids’ Own would like to thank writer & musican Mary brook, Casey Parker, Fiona Parker, David Bowes, Michael Branley and artist Polly Minett for their creativity and Bowes, Jack Walsh, Assumpta Kirwan, Mia Whyte, Elaine energy, to Rose Murphy, Jacqui de Paor, Rosemarie Cusack Whyte, Alannah Mitchell, Stacey Ann Delaney, Michael and Andrew Doherty from the Waterford County ChildCummins, Leonie O’Brien, Alex Walsh, Breda Walsh, Grace care Committee for all their support and fun during all the Howlin, Claire Howlin, Abi Anne O’Donoghue, Reiltir Ah- workshops and to Áine McKenna and everyone at the Uniern, Roisin Crowley, Matt Crowley, Rachel Harney, Frances versity of Ulster who worked with us on this programme.

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Wiggly Woo There’s a worm at the bottom of my garden And his name is Wiggly Woo There’s a worm at the bottom of my garden And all that he can do is Wiggle all day and wiggle all night The neighbours say he’s a terrible sight There’s a worm at the bottom of my garden And his name is Wiggly Woo (Variation on Wiggly Woo) There’s a boxer at the bottom of my garden And his name is Willy Bang Boo And all that he can do is box all day and box all night The neighbours say what a terrible fight There’s a boxer at the bottom of my garden And his name is Willy Bang Boo

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1 2 3 4 5 Once I caught a fish alive 6 7 8 9 10 Then I let him go again Why did you let him go?

Because he bit my finger so...

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Which finger did he bite?

This little finger on the right

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Mary had a little lamb A little lamb a little lamb Mary had a little lamb Its fleece was white as snow And everywhere that Mary went Mary went Mary went And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go It followed her to school one day School one day, school one day It followed her to school one day Which was against the rules It made the children laugh and play Laugh and play laugh and play It made the children laugh and play To see a lamb at school

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Baa baa black sheep Have you any wool?

Yes sir yes sir Three bags full One for the master And one for the maid And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane

Baa baa purple sheep Is eating blue flowers Under the green apple tree In the orchard

Ava’s lamb has a bandana To keep the wool out of her Eyes. Her hot water bottle is called woolly

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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the King’s horses and all the King’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again

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Humpty Dumpty sat on the fire Humpty Dumpty had a flat tyre All the King’s horses and all the King’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again

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Polly put the kettle on Polly put the kettle on Polly put the kettle on We’ll all have tea Ava take it off again Ava take it off again Ava take it off again They’ve all gone away I’m a little tea-pot short and stout Here’s my handle and here’s my spout When the tea is ready hear me shout Lift me up and pour me out

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Lady bird lady bird Fly away home Your house is on fire Your children all gone All except for one Poor little Anne And she is hiding under the frying pan

Miss Polly had a dolly Who was sick sick sick She sent for the doctor to come Quick quick quick The doctor came with his bag and his hat And he knocked on the door with a rat-a-tat-tat He looked at the dolly and he shook his head He said to Miss Polly ‘Put her straight to bed’ He wrote her a letter for a pill pill pill That’ll make her better so it will will will

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Goosey goosey gander Where do you wander?

Upstairs and downstairs And in my lady’s chamber There I met an old man Who wouldn’t say his prayers So I caught him by the right leg And threw him down the stairs

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Hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle The cow jumped over the moon The little dog laughed to see such fun And the dish ran away with the spoon

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Row row row your boat Gently down the stream Merrily merrily merrily merrily Life is but a dream Row row row your boat Gently down the stream If you meet a crocodile Don’t forget to SCREAM!!

Eater the Crocodile has a friend called twinkle but when she went to sleep Eater ate her

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John John the piper’s son Stole a pig and away he ran The pig was ate and John was beat And John went roaring down the street

Jack the pirate Has a great big ship And he lives all alone in it

Jack Frost what did you do last night?

You came dancing down our street Painting all our houses white

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Roly poly roly poly Up up up Roly poly roly poly Down down down Roly poly roly poly Clap clap clap Roly poly roly poly Put them in your lap Rolaí polaí rolaí polaí Suas suas suas Rolaí polaí rolaí polaí Síos síos síos Rolaí polaí rolaí polaí Amach amach amach Rolaí polaí rolaí polaí Isteach isteach isteach

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Lámh lámh eile a h-aon, a dó Cos cos eile a h-aon, a dó Cluas cluas eile a h-aon, a dó Súil súil eile a h-aon, a dó Ceann Srón Béal Smig Fiacla deasa sa bhéal istigh

Croch amach na h-éadaí Croch amach na h-éadaí Croch agus croch agus Croch amach na h-éadaí Séid a ghaoth Séid a ghaoth Séid agus séid agus triomaigh na h-éadaí

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Chuaigh diddle an damhan alla Suas ar an mballa Tháinig an gaoth Húúúúú Agus thit sé ar an talamh Amach leis an grian Ag lonradh in san spéir Anois tá diddle an damhan lla Ag luascadh insan aer (Niamh an tainm atá uirthi)

Damhan alla damhan alla Ar an bhfalla, ar an bhfalla Tháinig éan, tháinig éan Ó mo léin, ó mo léin

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Incy Wincy spider Went up the water spout Down came the rain And washed poor Incy out Out came the sun and dried up all the rain And Incy Wincy spider came up the spout again

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Little Miss Muffet Sat on her tuffet Eating her curds and whey Along came a big spider That sat down beside her And frightened Miss Muffet away

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Jak rozmawiać trzeba z psem ~

by Jan Brzechwa Wy nie wiecie, a ja wiem, Jak rozmawiać trzeba z psem, Bo poznałem język psi, Gdy mieszkałem w pewnej wsi.

A więc wołam: - Do mnie, psie! I już pies odzywa się.

Potem wołam: - Hop-sa-sa!

I już mam przy sobie psa.

Gdy pisałem wierszyk ten, Pies u nóg mych zapadł w sen, Potem wstał, wyprężył grzbiet, Żebym z nim na spacer szedł.

Szliśmy razem - ja i on, Pies postraszył stado wron, On ujadał. A ja nie.

Pies i tak rozumie mnie, Pies rozumie, bo ja wiem, Jak rozmawiać trzeba z psem.

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How to talk to a dog (translation from Polish) Of all people I know best When my dog wants play or rest I call him c’mon dog And he says woof woof woof Then I tell him: sit and jump And he’s doing what I want When I ask him to lie down He lies by my side When I wrote this rhyme for you My dog helped me to get through Then he gives a special look That says it’s time for a walk!

Twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky Twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are

Pat a cake Pat a cake baker man Bake me a cake as fast as you can Pat it and prick it and mark it with B And put it in the oven for baby and me

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All around the Mulberry bush The monkey chased the weasel The monkey thought t’was all in fun POP goes the weasel I saw a baby bumble bee She was busy as busy as can be I saw a little baby bumble bee Oh she looked at me I caught a little baby bumble bee She was buzzing as buzzing as a bee I caught a little baby bumble bee Oh she stung me I squashed the little baby bumble bee She was squishy as squishy as can be I squashed the little baby bumble bee Oh I’m all dirty

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Ring a ring a rosie A pocket full of posies Atishoo atishoo We all fall down Down below the water Down below the sea American jumps American jumps 123

All the art work in this book was made by playing together and listening to each other. We used everyday materials to make our puppets: card, lolipop sticks, feathers and tissue paper. We made prints using bubble wrap and old tiles and we tore the paper and used glue sticks to put our puppets together. See what you can find in your house to make your own puppets. Play using the rhymes in our book or make up your own.

SING, PLAY, MAKE & READ

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SING

PLAY MAKE READ

Wiggly Woo agus a Chairde is a collection of well known nursery rhymes collected and illustrated by parents and their young children in County Waterford.

Waterford County Childcare Commitee ©Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership 2011 I S B N : 9 7 8 1 9 0 2 4 3 2 8 2 3

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