Neil Robbie, Jul 20, 2010
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on the "Ribena*" hand clap rhyme. This post presents information about Ribena soft drinks. This post also showcases several videos of the Ribena hand clap rhyme and features some examples of that rhyme.
* Notice the different versions of this rhyme's title in these examples. It appears that this rhyme is known by the first word only. The second word "Sassatina" and similar words are meaningless words that rhyme with the word "Robina".
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/01/papz14-every-kid-in-primary-school.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post showcases papz14's video short/Tik Tok video clip of that rhyme and presents selected comments from the discussion thread for that Tik Tok video. These comments help document how this hand clap rhyme and other rhymes that are mentioned were actually played by these commenters in some British primary schools.
Information about Ribena [brand] soft drinks is also included in that pancocojams post.
Brief information about papz14 is also given in that post.
The content of this post is presented for folkloric, cultural, and recreational purposes
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are featured in the videos that are included in this post and thanks to all the publishers of those videos. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/01/examples-videos-of-hand-clap-rhymes.html for information about and examples of the hand clap rhyme "Lemonade Crunchy Ice". That rhyme has the same tune as "Ribena" (the name of a brand of British soft drinks). "Ribena" rhymes are also similar to "Lemonade Crunchy Ice" as they both end with their chanters "freezing" in place.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
"Ribena" is a hand clap rhyme that originated in Great Britain where Ribena soft drinks originated. I'm from the United States and I'm not familiar with Ribena soft drinks or with Ribena hand clap rhymes.
I think that the word "Ribena" is pronounced "rye-BEAN-ah".
Is this how that word is pronounced?
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The textual pattern (words) and the tune for the hand clap rhyme "Ribena" is the same as the hand clap rhyme "Lemonade, Crunchy Ice" and the beginning portion of both rhymes are also the same. Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75Npwwobdqg for a YouTube video of "Lemonade Crunchy Ice".
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INFORMATION ABOUT "RIBENA" SOFT DRINKS
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribena
"Ribena … is a brand of blackcurrant-based soft drink (both uncarbonated and carbonated), and fruit drink concentrate designed to be mixed with water. It is available in bottles, cans and multi-packs. Originally of English origin, it was produced by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) until 2013, when the brand was sold to Japanese beverage conglomerate Suntory.
The brand originally had a strong reputation as a healthy product for children, stemming from its distribution to children as a vitamin C supplement during World War II by the British government. Beecham, a company that has been part of GSK since 2000, bought the brand in 1955 and developed many soft drink versions. A series of scandals in the 2000s, concerning vitamin C levels, sugar levels, and the amounts of actual fruit in some of the brands, damaged its reputation as a healthy product, and by 2013, the brand was widely regarded as a soft drink.[1]"...
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 -Ribena Hand-Clapping Game
Families, August 25, 2017
Ribena
Sassatina
Dumb boy
Smart girl
Ribena
Sassatina
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - Me and my sister doing Ribena handshake ๐ค
have fun watching!!
Sreshta Nellagiri, Nov 23, 2019
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Here's my transcription of this version of "Ribena". Additions and corrections are welcome.
Tic
Tac Toe
Give me a high
Give me a low
Give me a three in a row
Ribena [clap clap clap]
Sasatina [clap clap clap]
Big girls
Lazy boys
dot dot dot [The girls turn around in place while saying that word.]
Ribena
Sasatina
Big girls
Lazy boys.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4 - Ribena hand clap ( short video) ๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐๐๐๐๐❤️๐๐๐๐
Alex Ezeike, Jan 7, 2019
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Based on their accent, I think these girls aren't from the USA. Since the examples of "Ribena" that I've found online are all from Great Britain, my guess is that this is where these girls are from.
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Here's my transcription of this rhyme. Additions and corrections are welcome.
Ribena
Sasatina
Big girls
Crazy boys
Ribena
Sasatina
Big girls
Crazy boys.
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SELECTED EXAMPLES OF & COMMENTS ABOUT THE RHYME "RIBENA"
These examples are given in no particular order. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
Online Source #1
https://thevicarswife.blog/2010/08/02/playground-rhymes-2-ribena-sassatina/
Playground Rhymes 2: Ribena, sassatina
2 August, 2010 by thevicarswife
Here they are reciting Ribena, Sassatina (full lyrics below the video). I’m not sure what it is with soft drinks. And what is Sassatina, anyway? And apologies for the Queen’s stripes/flowers combo. She has her own fashion sense…
Ribena (clap, clap,clap), sassatina (clap, clap,clap).
Big boy (clap, clap,clap), crazy girl (clap, clap,clap).
Big boy, crazy girl.
Statue, baby."
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Online Source #2
Playground Rhymes I did when I was in primary school
(2007/2008 - 2013)
posted by Unknown, 11 July 2013, https://hellothere-areyoulost.blogspot.com/2013/07/ribena.html
RIBENA
[clapping game]
"Ribena (clap,clap,clap), sassasina (clap,clap.clap), big boys (clap,clap,clap), crazy girls..."
then you do it quickly only clapping once.
"Ribena, Sassasina, big boys, crazy girls statue/freeze
The first one to move is the loser."
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Online Source #3
https://www.reddit.com/r/irishproblems/comments/c5w8zq/playground_hand_clapping_games/
1. irishproblems, 2018
"Playground hand clapping games!
Hi there! My sister and I were trying to remember our hand
clapping games from when we were kids and the rhymes to go with. If anyone can
remember some of them that would be so fab!"
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Reply
2. C_Whorriskey, 2018
"Maybe ribena? Ribena clap clap clap sackatina clap clap
clap big boys clap clap clap lazy girls clap clap clap (speed up)
ribena sackatina bigboyslazy girls...
Then you just keep getting faster til yis mess
up"
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Italics is found in the original comment in this discussion thread.
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Online Source #4
From https://www.tiktok.com/@papz14/video/6933187411400854789, published by
Papz14, 2021
1. hdhejejwnwne, April 12, 2021
"i used to say “ribeena super seena” LOL"
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2. Javxd.1, April 12, 2021
"@nrgfaridh12 @shad0w_clan100 ours would be ribena
Argentina Ali sena has a tiny wener"
3.
"its armella super sella๐๐๐"
4.
"Did anyone do " Anna Ella super Stella"
5.
"Ours was “amela, super Stella, tall boys, and crazy
girls,”"
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6. . AF๐ซ, June 25, 2021
"I thought it was zacka zeena
@alesha.priv1"
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I believe that these are Black British women and men's memories of this rhyme. Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/01/papz14-every-kid-in-primary-school.html for the pancocojams post about this Tik Tok video & discussion thread.
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Online Source #5
From https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=410642&page=4 "old school hand games"
Random parent, 2018
"In school we would do the clapping games e.g…
Ribena, super cena, 10 boys,8 girls, ribena super cena 10
boys 8 girls gotcha"
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Online Source #6
From GUEST NK, 18 March 11, https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=63097 Folklore: Do kids still do clapping rhymes?
| Ameena *clap clap clap* Superstina *clap clap clap* Lazy boys *clap clap clap* Super girls *clap clap clap* *now faster* Ameena Supersteena Lazy boys Super girls S T O P STOP *no one moves* The first to move loses and the last to stay in one position without moving wins. |
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This concludes Part II of this pancocojams series.
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As I mentioned in the beginning of this pancocojams post, the hand clap rhymes "Ribena" and "Lemonade Crunchy Ice" have the same tune and end with the chanters freezing in place.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious which of these rhymes came first. When and where do you remember chanting either or both of these rhymes?