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1. ITALIAN COUNTING OUT
WITH RHYMES
Istituto Comprensivo " Autonomia 82 " Baronissi -
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“PLAY TO LEARN, LEARN TO PLAY“
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2. The counting out with rhymes are original, imaginative, fun and musical. The
rhythm is simple and it belongs to us like the beating of the heart or the
breath. They are fun because the rhyme makes it easier to memorize. In the
past the gestures were really important and justified the use of bad words,
the use of non-sense, and it was possibe to ironize or making fun of someone
bigger or more authoritative (kings, queens, princes, soldiers).
They fascinate us because they resemble magic formulas, enchantments
.They are involved both for those who recite it and for those who participate
in the "counting", because the one feels pleasure in expressing himself in a
strange language between the spoken word and the sung , while the others
are attentive and amazed because, at that moment, they feel part of a real
collective rite.
9. This is one of the most popular italian “counting out “.It is
very likely that “ambarabà” derives from the Latin “Hanc
para ab hac”, i.e. that is “repair this (hand) from this (other
hand)”. It had been used in a child counting when people,
who were taking part in a game, were reviewed while they
are declaiming rhyme’s words. The meaning of this
“counting out” probably derives from an ancient Greek
legend. The owl was a sacred animal to the goddess Athena.
10. When the princesses reached the marriage’s age, the Gods offered them three
owls. The first one could satisfy all the wishes; the second one could provide to
the girl the ideal husband and the third gave wisdom and knowledge. But those
silly girls usually preferred the first two, rejecting the third, that was the most
precious instead. So, the spiteful Gods gave to those princesses only the third
owl, because it was the only one they needed.
13. Suona il tamburo. Tamburo tamburello,
He plays the drum, drum and tambourine,
14. Apri l’ombrello, ti ci metti sotto tu …
open the umbrella, you're under it …
15. E così non ti bagni più!
So you do not get wet anymore!
16. For children it is something very fascinating to watch the
water coming from the sky. Then, there are clouds,
lightnings, thunder and rainbow if in the meantime there
is also the sun. When it rains it's nice to stay at home, but
also under the umbrella to listen to the ticking of the
water.
Probably this «counting out» was a sort of magic ritual to
stop raining ,get the sun back and return to play outdoors.
