Some half-term nonsense: Jigglejoggleigglewigeregs & Kerumpting With Kloos

Time for something inconsequential!

Here in Cambridgeshire, UK it's a miserable day for children to be off school. This nonsense rhyme - which is part of a similarly nonsensical set might be a welcome relief at the next 'What can I do? 

Jigglejoggleigglewigeregs 

Jigglejoggleigglewigeregs

Only eat coal and floppy scrambled eggs

Through six mouths dotted all around their legs

Jigglejoggleigglewigeregs

ALSO
Kerumpting With Kloos

O-Oh, I love to go kerumpting

Amongst the flocks of Kloos

Who hover while they’re sleeping

And bounce like kangaroos.

They can – travel wondrous distance

Because they are so lean

And just to top it off they’ve got

Hair like clotted cream

Other nonsense rhymes on this blog can be found HERE - the home of Zudey's Intergalactic Zoo

I for Ingolebi

Half term with grandchildren and yesterday we had great fun with The Happy Hoparoo and the Quinzetti. So here's a new, thoroughly nonsensical rhyme to help end half term

The Ingolebi

I skip, you skip, The Ingolebi bounces:

I jump, you jump, The Ingolebi flounces;

I dance, you dance, The Ingolebi shuffless

I scream, you scream, The Ingolebi snuffles.

I shout, you shout, The Ingolebi mutters,

I shriek, you shriek, The Ingolebi stutters:

I fly, you fly, The Ingolebi bliggers,

I swim, you swim, The Ingolebi gliggers.

And we’ll all flooj together

Like Ingoleb’s floojing friends,

Yes we’ll all flooj together

It’s what Ingolebis commend.

To bligger – to attach oneself to a jet propelled lemonade bottle

To gligger – To immerse oneself in a mixture of custard and two month old gravy

Floojing  - Pretending to know someone very well when you’ve only just met them
The Happy Hoparoo and the Quinzetti are part of Zudey's Zoo: they can all be found HERE

Misgonugles,

Having experienced five days of serious input from Bro.Guy Consolmagno, an astronomer and Curator of the Vatican Meteorites, I had planned to introduce, a bit of levity into the conversations with 'Zudey's Intergalactic Zoo' (a complete nonsense rhyme) But it didn't quite work out that way. However, contemplating that meant looking at that poem written a little while back and giving it a 2013 makeover. Having done that, it seemed a good moment to introduce some more inhabitants to the Zoo!

Misgonugles,
Their eyes are very startling
With twenty-seven rings,

Their ears are just as curious

They double up as wings;

Their trunks are made in segments

Which click from shape to shape:

These are the Misgonugles,

Creatures to make one gape.

On feet with glossy webbing

Their toes grow up in heaps;

Their arms are curved, not jointed

Their legs move with a bleep.

Their knees are wide and wobbly

Their ankles have sharp ends:

They’re strange these Misgonugles

Yet make the best of friends.

Zudey's Intergalactic Zoo and all its Oddkreechers can be accessed HERE

Jigglejoggleigglewiggeregs

Having experienced five days of serious input from Bro.Guy Consolmagno, an astronomer and Curator of the Vatican Meteorites, I planned to introduce a bit of levity into the conversations with 'Zudey's Intergalactic Zoo' (a complete nonsense rhyme). However, it didn't work out like that. but planning it meant looking at that poem written a little while back and giving it a 2013 makeover. Having done that, it seemed a good moment to introduce some more inhabitants to the Zoo!

Jigglejoggleigglewigeregs
Jigglejoggleigglewiggeregs
Only eat coal and floppy scrambled eggs
Through six mouths dotted all around their legs
Jigglejoggleigglewigeregs

Zudey's Intergalactic Zoo and all its Oddkreechers can be found by clicking HERE

Grandpa Grovalong

Here, in  Cambridgeshire, it's vacation time - and it's intermittently raining. So perhaps it's a good time to add three more nonsense rhymes about Oddkreechers from Zudey's Zoo. I'll post them in quick succession. You'll find other Oddkreechers and the story of Zudey's Interplanetary Zoo  HERE

Grandpa Grovalong

Loves to sing a song

To the little Grovalongs.

Grovalongs are musical

Melodically enthusical:

Singing to a Grovalong

You can’t go wrong.

They sing when they’re happy

They sing when they’re sorry,

They sing when they’re worried or sad.

But Grandpa Grovalong

Sings all kinds of songs

The sort that make young

Grovalongs glad.

The Aviosteer, Blig, Cliplodocus, Dollemache, Ocarind and other Oddkreechers can all be found Here

The Fiery Filoburse

Here, in  Cambridgeshire, it's vacation time - and it's intermittently raining. So perhaps it's a good time to add three more nonsense rhymes about Oddkreechers from Zudey's Interplanetary Zoo. You'll find the story of the zoo and its creatures HERE

This Rhyme is

The Fiery Filoburse

This is the Fiery Filoburse

From near the edge of universe;

Their outer coats flame red and blue

And other vivid colours too.

Now from their brilliance you can guage

How near these creatures are to rage.

For Filoburses live in heat

So violent that they can’t be sweet

Or calm, because they’re searing hot

Which makes them an ill-tempered lot.

So just imagine, in a cage

How violently such creatures rage.

But for the zoos cage-rage is great

For as more heat they generate

The creatures flash and incandesce

Which draws the crowds and oft the Press

Believing there must be sensation

In such a mighty conflagration.

The Aviosteer, Blig, Cliplodocus, Dollemache, and Ocarind can all be found by going to the index here

IF YOU DO DECIDE TO SEND A DRAWING, PLEASE TELL MUM, DAD OR THE PERSON WHO CARES FOR YOU AND SHOW THEM THE OTHER WRITING ON THIS SITE - AND PLEASE SAY HOW OLD YOU ARE

Esqualibos Everywhere

Here, in  Cambridgeshire, it's vacation time - and it's intermittently raining. So perhaps it's a good time to add three more nonsense rhymes about Oddkreechers from Zudey's Zoo. You'll find all the Oddkreechers and the story of the Zoo Here

This Rhyme is
Esqualibos Everywhere

Esqualibos, Esqualibos

Esqualibos everywhere,

Giggling in the gutters,

Chuckling in the china,

Sniggering in Grandpa’s snoozing chair.

Esqualibos, Esqualibos

Esqualibos all around,

Laughing in the library,

Grinning in the glasshouse,

Shaking stairs with their snickering sound

Esqualibos, Esqualibos

Esqualibos all en masse,

Splitting ribs in sideboards,

Roaring in the rafters,

Living in bubbles of laughing gas 

The Aviosteer, Blig, Cliplodocus, Dollemache, and Ocarind can all be found by going to the index here

IF YOU DO DECIDE TO SEND A DRAWING, PLEASE TELL MUM, DAD OR THE PERSON WHO CARES FOR YOU AND SHOW THEM THE OTHER WRITING ON THIS SITE - AND PLEASE SAY HOW OLD YOU ARE

BLIG; She's Big!

Half-term in the UK has nearly ended for some, but for others it is just about to begin. Hooray! I hear both children – and their teachers say. But for Mums, Dad’s and other carers, an extra distraction over the next few days might be helpful. Here’s another nonsense rhyme about an  ‘Oddkreecher’ from ‘Zudey’s Zoo’ called Blig. All the Oddkreechers and the story of the Zoo can be found by Clicking Here

BLIG; She's Big!

Round the scubilaceous tree

I saw Blig and Blig saw me:

she was roughly ninety-three

times as high as my shoulder.

As we chased each other round

I thought I’d sit upon the ground,

Blig tried but she quickly found

she could only get low as a boulder.

That boulder was a massive rock

and I could hardly see the top:

it seemed as if it did not stop

until the air got colder

Which now I think might have explained

why Blig’s five faces all looked pained,

As from them all the colour drained

When she jumped up from the boulder.

This rhyme can be sung to the tune 'Bobby Shafto', score and audio files can be found by clicking here

This is one of a growing collection of children's nonsense rhymes on this blog which can be accessed from the Index found by clicking here

A is for Aviosteer

This is the first of a set called 'The A to Z of Oddkreechers'. All the Oddkreechers live in Zudey's Intergalactic Zoo - and there's a rhyme about that too which you can access below the rhyme.

A is for Aviosteer
O look! It’s an Aviosteer

O look! It’s an Aviosteer

You don’t often see them round here

You don’t often see them round here

They’re usually found

Half a mile off the ground

Where they gather in crowds

With their heads in the clouds

And their hooves drawn up over their ears

Ah! their hooves drawn up over their ears

For jet noises fill them with fear

Yes, jet noises fill them with fear.

Other Oddkreechers are (Click through links to) The Quinzetti, The Happy Hoparoo and Cliplodocus Hocus-Pocus
You can access Zudey's Intergalactic Zoo and its creatures Here

Cliplodocus - Hocus Pocus

This rhyme started life when we discovered in Canada that Loch Ness is not the only lake in the world said to have its own somewhat shy and mysterious resident monster!

Cliplodocus- Hocus-pocus

Seldom’s ever seen;

When it is its head is red

Or blue or brilliant green:

That might be about the heat

Of water that it lives in;

Red is hot and blue is cold

And green is sort of middling.

If you think this is fun, you might like to try The Happy Hoparoo and Q is for Quinzetti which comes with a tongue-twisting challenge: and all the Oddkreechers in Zudey's Interplanetary Zoo can be found Here

Q is for Quinzetti (a nonsense rhyme)

A weekend with five of our grandchildren was an opportunity to ‘road-test’ another nonsense rhyme from an A to Z of Oddkreechers. It was a huge hit with the 5 and 6 year old and even one of the 10 year olds got drawn in. It was delightful the way the young ones invented their own dance routine with no prompting at all

Q is for Quinzetti

Start very slowly –children walk round in a circle to the rhythm (or music)

You’re certain to get dizzy

If you stare at a Quinzetti

As it whistle-whizzes

round and round and round:

Speed up a little: children drop to the ground in the last line

They’re beautifully balanced

‘Til they try to eat spaghetti

Which can swiftly send them sprawling

To the ground

Speed up again after a slow start to allow the children to get up

This-is -very very awkward

As Quinzetties love spaghetti

Which they cannot eat

without it getting wound

Now read as fast as you can: it’s a bit of a tongue twister but if the children demand as many repeats as our grandchildren did, you’ll soon be (almost!) word perfect!

All around their spinning bodies

So you often find Quinzetties

In spaghetti-bound confusion

On the ground

If you enjoyed this bit of nonsense, you may also enjoy Hi! Hi! Hi! It's the Happy Hoparoo
You might also like to take up the 'Quinzetti Challenge' . Below you will find a 'You Tube' link to my attempt to get my tongue round the whole of The Quinzetti poem, getting faster and faster in each verse of the poem. As you'll see, I didn't manage very well! It would be fun if others would try and post their efforts on 'You Tube'. If you do, let me know by eMail at crossandcosmos@gmail.com and I'll post the links here too - and just see who can go fastest and still be completely understood.

And here's picture of a Quinzetti in Spaghetti- bound confusion just before falling to the ground

Other 'Oddkreechers' on this blog include Hi! Hi! Hi! It's The Happy Hoparoo and A is for Aviosteer. They can be accessed along with other Oddkreechers and the story of Zudey's Interplanetary zoo Here

The Happy Hoparoo (A nonsense rhyme)

Last week I promised a bit more nonsense among the serious material on this site: here it is. Our grandchildren love it especially when the last two lines are said with the palm of the hand squashed over the nose (Just lovely to hear little ones giggle at this!). We have got a tune for it and you can see it sung in the video below

The Happy Hoparoo
Hi! Hi! Hi! It’s the happy Hoparoo

Who can leap upon its single foot

Right up into the blue;

The blue, blue, blue of the sky, high, sky

And land on its nose

In black and blueberry pie.

The Happy Hoparoo

Took a day beside the sea,

And hopped into the waves

Until they lapped above his knee.

He took a great big leap,

But the water held him back:

So he landed with a belly flop

that made a mighty –SPLAT!

Hope the children you know get as much enjoyment out of this as our grandchildren have.

If you have enjoyed this you will find other Oddkreechers and the story of Zudey's zoo Here

Zudey's Intergalactic Zoo (A frivolous interlude)

Coming to the end of a short vacation after a somewhat gruelling few months helping to care for a grandchild with lymphoma - now, thankfully, chased away by chemotherapy and a lot of prayer - it seemed a time to relax a little and post something more frivolous than anything so far on this blog.


This poem is the platform for a collection called 'Oddkreechers' which at some time, when there is more time to spare, I might post on a new website. It could be argued that the 'Oddkreechers' collection is consistent with the far more serious themes of this blog insofar as what we now know about the Universe and the plethora of planets within it, there is a high probability that one day we will find a planet that has life form(s) and we will then need to check our understandings in the light of that. This poem deals with how we might behave!


But let's not get too serious about justifying the inclusion of this bit of nonsense - and another 'Oddkreechers' verse that I'll publish during next week as that is a favourite of our grandchildren, among whom, our recovering grandson is a prime fan.


I hope you will enjoy it too.


Zudey's Intergalactic Zoo
 (Revised Autumn 2013  to take account of research since this nosense poem was originally written)

Zudey, lacking human friends

Decided he would search the ends

Of galaxy and universe

For animals which could converse

In ancient Algolese or swim,

As he liked to, in paraffin.

And as he sought such creatures rare,

He found, by chance, the Green Corvair.

Then later, on an exo-moon

He saw at play, the Solaboon.

Off Rigel, Squoddles squirmed in hordes

On Vega’s moon were Vellabordes.

Whilst chasing Deneb’s Delomache,

He realised in a blinding flash,

The race from which he’d turned away

Were willing, indeed keen to pay

To boast about what they had seen

(Like Solaboons and Corvairs Green)

At dinner parties with their neighbours:

So he commenced his mighty labours,

Enabling us, wonders to view

At Zudey’s Universe-wide Zoo

With details and full notes on source -

For astronomic fees, of course!

Other creatures from the Zoo can be found HERE But there are also less frivolous things on the blogsite, like Treasure Hunt, All of which, I hope you might enjoy