I'm so old I Remember when:

[jxp]

Does anyone remember these? Remember the next line, and what they were for?

One potato, two potato,
Three potato, four.
Five potato, six potato
(next line....)

I've not heard of this one but here's a very annoying video I found.

Speaking of counting and related words, did anyone else learn back in grade school that a couple means two, a few is three, and some refers to four or more?

 

[Sally PB]

Another one was someone (anyone could do it) would say, "1, 2, 3" and everyone would say, "Not it!"

The last one to say, "Not it!" (someone who wasn't paying attention) was it.

Another saying that pops up in my memory has to do with playing Hide and Seek.

Apples, peaches, pumpkin pie,
Who's not ready? Holler "I!"

 

[jxp]

Ah! We used it for choosing who was "it."

Yes, that too.

 

[Sally PB]

I had a friend who insisted that "a few" was five.

 

[Evadig]

I've not heard of this one but here's a very annoying video I found.

Speaking of counting and related words, did anyone else learn back in grade school that a couple means two, a few is three, and some refers to four or more?

I learned a couple is two, a few is three, several is four, and some is five plus.

 

[jxp]

I never even knew about coffee machines until I lived overseas.

And I'm not old enough to remember Automats!

Nowadays they've got keurigs in every second waiting room. The coffee's just as bad and chicken broth isn't even an option.

 

[jxp]

I learned a couple is two, a few is three, several is four, and some is five plus.

Memory jogged. (second grade was a while ago what can I say?) But I believe for my teacher, the some was four and several was more than that.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

One potato, two potato,
Three potato, four.
Five potato, six potato
(next line....)

Seven potato more.
Eight potato, nine potato,
HOT POTATO!

 

[Sally PB]

Oh, cool! I'd never heard that version!

Ours was
Seven potato, or!

This was one of the ways we chose who was it. Everyone put out their two fists. The counter (Hi Suzanne! You were a great counter. RIP.) tapped fists on the numbers, and the one tapped on "or" was taken out. Start the count over. The counter counted with their fist and their second "fist" was their forehead if it was Suzanne, or a knee if it was anyone else.

The last "or" tap was it.

Yeah, it took awhile, but we had all afternoon.

 

[EmmaDonovan]