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Description

The Hoopoe Bird (Chant from Zimbabwe)

Resources

None

Instructions

Introduction
Chant Game from Zimbabwe

Instructions
• Brownies form a circle
• Crouch down with finger tips on the floor
• Chant the verse
• Every time “Hoopoe”, “Whooping” or “whooped is mentioned, Brownies rise and throw arms above their heads.
• If anyone rises or puts up her arms at the wrong time, she is out
• The last two or three Brownies left are the winners

Chant

A long time ago, but not far off,
A Hoopoe died of the whooping cough.
He whooped so loud with the whooping cough,
He whooped his head and his tail right off.


Acknowledgement/Source
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Tags

• camp fire
• chant
• Games for Brownies
• Games for Fun
• IGG Brownie Games for Fun
• The Hoopoe Bird

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