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Over the Hills in Mexico

Over the hills in Mexico, / where they do the splits, splits, splits…

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Over the hills in Mexico,
where they do the splits, splits, splits
and they do the high kicks, kicks, kicks
and they turn around, round, round
and they touch the ground, ground, ground
Where they read a book, book, book
and they do not look, look, look
and they jump back out, out, out
and then they do it all again, again, again!

Sent in by Katie F., St Ita's NS, Ireland (1 March 2012)

How to play

When you say splits splits splits you jump into the air and land with you feet apart for three jumps. For KICKS jump and kick into the air while you're up for three times. For AROUND just turn around three times. For GROUND while the rope is going round bend down and touch the ground three times. For BOOK make your hands the shape of an open book and reed for three skips. For LOOK close you eyes for three jumps. For OUT jump out of the rope, go round to the other side and jump back in. For AGAIN start the chant again. The aim is to see how far you can get to in the chant or how many times you can do it. This is really fun and in my school its the new trend during breaks!

Where this rhyme comes from

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Ireland (submission, 2012)

This was sent in by a pupil in 2012, who called it 'the new trend'. No earlier record found.

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