The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

CHINESE JUMPROPE:

TAKE RUBBER BANDS AND HOOK TOGETHER SO YOU HAVE TEN
TO TWELVE FEET OF RUBBER BANDS SO YOU HAVE A CIRCLE.
TWO PEOPLE ON EACH END STEP INSIDE SO RUBBER IS
PULLED TIGHT ENOUGH SO RUBBER BAND DOESN'T SAG. THIRD
PERSON DOES DIFFERENT JUMPS. AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS
THE TWO END PEOPLE RAISE IT TO DIFFERENT HEIGHTS ON
THEIR LEGS.
JUMPS:
CLOSEST FOOT TO RUBBER BAND IN AND OUT OF RUBBER BAND
TEN TIMES WITHOUT TOUCHING.
PUT FOOT IN THEN OUT THEN TAKE NEAREST BAND AND PUT
OVER FARTHEST BAND THEN UNDO TEN TIMES WITHOUT MESSING
UP.
CROSSING LIKE BEFORE, PUT OTHER FOOT IN ALSO, TURN
AROUND THREE TIMES OTHER WAY THEN JUMP OUT WITHOUT
TOUCHING OR JUMPING IN RUBBER BAND.
THEN GO TO OTHER SIDE OF RUBBER BANDS AND DO THE ABOVE
WITH THE OTHER FOOT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Date learned: 11-10-1973