Old Romanian Games
My name is Cristina Platon and
I'm in the 5th class at "Andrei Muresanu" Highschool, Dej. I will tell
you about some games my mother told me. One of them is very old, mother
said that it was played by her grandmother when she was a child. It is
called "Where is the purse with money?" The children sit down and hold
their hands palms facing to each other, as if they were praying. One of
the children goes out of the room and the others hide a small purse with
a coin or two in it between the two palms of one of the children left in
the room. Then the child comes in and he has to guess where the purse is,
while the other children start singing "here is the purse with money hidden
so that the gypsies could not steal it" moving their palms up and down
still kept together. If the child guess where the purse is, then he takes
the place of the child who has hidden the purse and the latter one goes
out and the games continue this way. If the child doesn't guess where the
purse is then he goes back out and the games is played again.
Well, this is a game played
most by the poor children long ago, when they didn't have toys or games
to play with.
Ma numesc Cristina Platon
si sunt eleva in clasa a cincea la Colegiul National "Andrei Muresanu"
din Dej.
Am sa va scriu despre niste
jocuri povestite de mama mea. Unul dintre ele este foarte vechi, mama imi
povesteste ca era jucat de bunica ei cand era mica. Jocul se numeste "Ici-i
punga cu banii, sa n-o fure tiganii". Copiii stau jos si tin palmele una
spre cealalta, ca si cum s-ar ruga. Unul dintre ei iese afara din camera,
iar ceilalti ascund punga la unul dintre ei intre palme. Copilul de afara
intra inauntru si trebuie sa ghiceasca la care dintre ceilalti copii este
punga, in timp ce acestia incep sa cante miscandu-si palmele in sus si
in jos: "Ici-i punga cu banii, sa n-o fure tiganii". Daca ghiceste, ia
locul celui care a ascuns punga si acesta iese afara si jocul se reia,
iar daca nu ghiceste iese din nou afara si se repeta tot jocul de la inceput.
Ei bine, acesta este un
joc pe care il jucau mai demult in general copiii saraci, care nu aveau
jucarii sau alte jocuri cu care sa se joace.
The Gardener
The game is played as follows:
the children make a circle and sing the following song: "I have planted
flowers in my garden,/ Roses and majoran and violets./ And I prepared them
one by one/ and I went to sell them/Right now, right now." While the children
are singing, one of them (the Gardener) goes round the circle, outside
it, and when the song is ready she stands behind one of the children who
will now be the gardener.
The song is sung again until
all the children can once be the Gardener.
Gradinareasa
Jocul se desfasoara astfel:
copiii fac un cerc si canta cantecul urmator: "Semanat-am in gradina floricele/
Trandafiri si maghiran si viorele/ Si le-am pus pe toate-n rand/ Si-am
plecat ca sa le vand/ Chiar acuma/ Chiar acuma." In timp ce copiii canta,
unul dintre ei (gradinareasa) se invarte in afara cercului iar cand cantecul
este gata se aseaza in spatele unuia dintre copii, acesta urmand apoi sa
fie gradinareasa. Cantecul se reia si jocul continua pana ce toti copii
ajung sa fie o data macar gradinareasa.
Cristina Platon
"Andrei Muresanu" highschool
Dej, Romania
Continue the Proverb
The children that participate
in this game form a circle and throw the ball to each other. The child
who throws the ball has to begin a proverb and the one who catches the
ball has to finish it. For example if the first child says "A friend in
need
" the other one has to answer "is a friend indeed". When the participants
are older, the game can be played with proverbs on a certain theme, like:
truth, lie, beauty and others. Rules: they have to decide a period of time
necessary for a child to say the proverb from the moment when he got the
ball and the continuing of the game with the new throw. It's forbidden
to repeat the same proverb during the same game. The one who doesn't catch
the ball, doesn't give the right answer or is in delay with it will be
excluded from the game for ten throwings of the ball. If he makes another
mistake is excluded from the game till the end of it. It's a game without
points.
Marius Perijoc
"Alexandru Papiu Ilarian"
Highschool Dej, Romania
Continua proverbul!
Proverbele sunt adevarate cristale
ale intelepciunii seculare ale poporului. Ele exprima in chip metaforic,
sugestiv si concis rezultatul unei indelungate experiente de viata, si
contin povete, invataturi. O posibilitate fericita de a ne apropia de aceasta
comoara de intelepciune a poporului nostru o constituie jocurile in care,
in mod variat si atractiv, sunt folosite proverbe si zicatori.
Pentru acest joc, participantii
se asaza in forma de cerc si isi arunca pe rand o minge. Concomitent se
striga si inceputul unui proverb. Cel care prinde mingea trebuie sa spuna,
sa continuie restul proverbului, dupa care va arunca mingea unui alt coechipier
si, la randu-i va rosti inceputul altui proverb sau al unei zicatori. De
exemplu: "Mata blanda ... zgaraie rau"; "Gaina care canta seara... dimineata
n-are ou"; "Spune-mi cu cine te aduni... ca sa-ti spun cine esti" etc.
Cand participantii sunt
de varsta mai mare, jocul se poate desfasura cu proverbe alese pe teme,
de pilda; despre adevar sau minciuna, despre cinste, despre bine si rau,
despre dreptate etc.
Conducatorul jocului va trebui
sa-i deprinda pe toti participantii cu folosirea cat mai multor proverbe
si zicatori pe teme diferite. Reguli: se stabileste un timp scurt (10-15
secunde) pentru raspuns dupa prinderea mingii si continuarea jocului printr-o
noua aruncare. Nu este permisa repetarea unui proverb in decursul unui
joc. Cel care nu prinde mingea, nu da raspunsul corect sau in timpul stabilit,
ori nu continua jocul cu promptitudine este scos din echipa timp de zece
aruncari de minge. Daca greseste si a doua oara, este eliminat definitiv
din joc, care insa continua in ritm alert cu cei care se dovedesc mai isteti.
Nu se acorda puncte.
The Game of the
Synonyms
The game can be played by 2
- 4 players no younger than 11 years olld. Each of them picks up three letters
from a sack. Then, during 3 - 4 minutes he will try to write a word starting
with each of the three letters and bellow them he will write all they synonyms
he knows. A pone is given for the first synonym of each words, two points
for the second synonym, three for the third synonym and so on the game
can continue and the winner is the one having the most points. The same
game can be played with homonyms instead of synonyms.
Jocul sinonimelor
Pot lua parte 2 - 4 jucatori
in varsta de cel putin 11 ani. Fiecare trage la sorti dintr-un saculet
cate trei litere. Apoi, in timp de 3 - 4 minute, va scrie cate un cuvant
care sa inceapa cu fiecare din aceste litere si sub ele va insirui sinonimele
pe care le cunoaste. Se acorda cate un punct pentru primul sinonim al fiecarui
cuvant, doua puncte pentru al doilea, trei puncte pentru al treilea s.a.m.d.
Acelasi joc poate fi jucat cu omonine in locul sinonimelor.
Marius Perijoc
"Alexandru Papiu Ilarian"
Highschool Dej, Romania
Imitatii sonore
Jocul se adreseaza copiilor
de varste pana la 8 ani. Urmareste deprinderea recunoasterii unor fenomene
ale naturii, animale, diferite aparate etc. dupa sunetul pe care acestea
il emit.
Copiii se aseaza in cerc,
iar conducatorul jocului sta in mijloc. El are in mana o minge. Se explica
participantilor ca, atunci cand li se arunca mingea, se striga numele unui
animal sau se indica un fenomen natural ori un obiect care produce un sunet
specific. Ei trebuie sa prinda mingea si imediat, cel care a obtinut-o
imita de doua ori sunetul corespunzator. Fiecare copil care prinde mingea,
dupa ce raspunde, o arunca oricarui alt participant la joc indicand totodata
ce trebuie sa imite cel caruia i se adreseaza.
Conducatorul jocului va
incerca sa largeasca aria imitatiilor, indicand si denumiri care sa solicite
cit mai mult si divers imaginatia. Se urmareste ca fiecare raspuns dat
sa fie dat repede, in circa 5 secunde iar aruncarea mingii mai departe
sa se faca de asemenea cu repeziciune, pentru ca tot jocul sa aiba un ritm
vioi si voios. Cei care intarzie miscarea, nu prind mingea sau nu raspund
corespunzator sunt penalizati cu scoaterea in afara cercului timp de zece
aruncari. Daca mai gresesc din nou, vor fi eliminati definitiv din jocul
respectiv.
Conducatorul va corecta
sunetele pe care le considera gresite, se va stabili de la inceput cat
timp va dura jocul. Nu se acorda puncte.
Imitating sounds
The game is addressed to all
the children of eight years old. It follows the habit of recognizing some
of the natural phenomena, animals, different machines, after the sound
made by them. The children stand in a circle, and the chief of the game
stands in the middle of the circle. He has a ball in his hand and he will
explain the rules of the game to the participants: when the ball will be
thrown to them; they will have to say a name of an animal or to show a
natural phenomena or an object which makes a specific sound. They have
to catch the ball and the one who has it, has to imitate the specific sound
twice. Every child who will catch the ball, after he answers, will have
to throw the ball to any other participant of the game, showing what he
has to imitate the one who is addressing. The chief of the game will try
to enlarge the area of imitation, showing names which request much more
imagination.
It follows that each answer
to be given in five seconds and the throwing of the ball must be quickly
executed, so that the game should have a quick and rhythm. The one who
will delay the movement, who won't catch the ball or won't answer right,
will be punished. They will not have the right to play for ten minutes.
If they repeat the mistake they will be excluded from the game till the
end of it. There are no points given.
Marius Perijoc
Alexandru Papiu Ilarian"
Highschool Dej, Romania
Teacher: Cornelia Platon
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