Halloween Motion Song

 Halloween Motion Song 

This play was recommended by the Ministery of Education Of The United State of America as the compulsory part of the curriculums of The Primary Schools of The United States Of America in 1927.

Here is the list of the recommendations of the year 1927- The Primary Schools of The USA

1. Plays pageants etc Black cat entertains;  EE Preston Prim. Educ.; Pop. Educ. 45 112 13 Ο 27
2.Halloween motion song -G.L. Smalley; Norm Instr and Prim Plans; 36 78 Ο 27

3.Halloween party; C. Swaney; Norm. Instr. and Prim. Plans. 36 78 Ο 27

4.Why Jack o lantern keeps Halloween; C.S. Bailey; il Am Childhood; 13 34 5 Ο 27 

ADDING THE WHOLE SCENARIO 

Motion 

By Grace L Smalley 

 Tune:  Oats Peas Beans and Barley Grow 

(Even number of primary enter, dressed as ghosts and jack-o-lanterns holding them in cle of left arm) 

We are jack-o-lanterns1 bright, 
Lighting this October night. 
We're made of pumpkins big2 and 

round, 
That grew on vines along the ground. 3 

Johnny found us in the corn, 

Only just this very morn. 

He cut our mouths and made our eyes 5 

Now he won't have his pumpkin pies.

See us grin,6 and glare, and stare, 

Does it give you quite a scare, 

When we come running7 at you so, 

And keep on laughing, "Ho ho ho!"

Forms a circle, playmates all, 

Marching9 gayly round the hall; 

Laugh and sing- it's lots of fun, 

When Halloween has just begun.

Now how lightly we can trip. 

With our partners10 we will skip

Make our bows11 and say, Good-

 night 

Then quickly we will take a 

flight. 12  

MOTIONS 

 1. 

Hold up jack-o-lanterns with hands, then place them in circle of left arm again. 

2. 

Let right arm describe circle. 

3. 

Point to  the ground. 

4.

Touch mouths of jack-o-lanterns.

5. 

Touch eyes of jack-o-lanterns. 

6. 

Hold up lanterns again with both hands.

7. 

Hold lanterns forward and run a few steps toward audience. 

8. 

Form a circle, without joining hands. 

9. 

March in circle. 

10. 

Each even numbered child steps for ward to child ahead; they form partners and skip in circle then go back to places straight line facing audience.

11. 

Make a bow. 

12. 

March from stage. 

  

ORIGINAL SONG WAS FOUND IN THIS MAGAZINE

NORMAL INSTRUCTOR OCTOBER  1927 

Hobgoblin Time

 

A hobgoblin is a faunlike forest spirit, and a hero of the drama THE SUNKEN BELL by  GERHARD HAUPTMANN 1898.

HOBGOBLIN IS THE HERO OF THE SWEDISH NATIONAL TALE -"Swans down and Little Beauty." THE TALE WAS PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN MAGAZINE "GOOD WORDS.", EDITED BY THE REVEREND  DONALD MACLEOD DD  IN 1905 NOVEMBER.

THE LITERARY MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA- Porter's Spirit of the Times, ISSUE OF MAY 16, YEAR 1857 PUBLISHED THE NOVEL HOBGOBLIN AS WELL. 

HOBGOBLIN- A POPULAR HERO OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE.

THE AMERICAN COMPOSER- G.W. CHADWICK COMPOSED THE SYMPHONIC SUITE ABOUT HOBGOBLIN- WHICH WAS A NICKNAME OF THE ROBIN HOOD IN THE TIMES OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

SYMPHONIC SKETCHES SUITE FOR ORCHESTRA GEORGE WHITFIELD CHADWICK Born at Lowell Mass on November 13 1854 LIVED in Boston .

THE SUITE CONSISTS OF FOUR MOVEMENTS, PLAYED IN CONSECUTIVE ORDER, THE MOVEMENTS WERE AS WELL POPULAR OPUSES PLAYTED ALONE.

SUITE CONSISTED OF THOSE PARTS

Jubilee
 Noël 
Hobgoblin 
A Vagrom Ballad 

"Hobgoblin was performed for the first time at Mr concert in Jordan Hall Boston in November 21 1904 The four movements were first played at concerts of the Symphony Orchestra in Boston on February 7- 8, 1908 Dr conducted 

They were played on October 23 24 1914 when Muck conducted."

The Symphonic Sketches wer dedicated to Sir Frederick S. Converse and were published in 1907. They are scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, one interchangeable with English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, a set of three kettledrums, military drum bass, drum cymbal,s triangle,tambourine, xylophone, and harp strings.

III 

Hobgoblin

Scherzo capriccioso, Allegro vivace, F major 3-4 

The motto is Shakespeare's "that shrewd and knavish sprite called Robin Goodfellow".  

 The composer himself did not have in mind any expression of fairyism or fairy tales of Sweden. He had in mind the rascally imp that frights maidens of the villagery, who skims milk, and mocks the breathless housewife at the churn, then misleads the night wanderers, and disconcerts sorely the wisest aunt telling the saddest tale. 

Those that Hobgoblin call you, and sweet Puck, 

You do their work and they shall have good luck. 

THE NAME GOBLIN HAS BEEN UNDERSTOOD AS THE NICKNAME AND SHORT FOR THE BRITISH NAME ROBIN SINCE THE TIMES OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 

THE BRITISH LINGUIST AND WRITER RICHARD GRANT WHITE COMMENTED ON THIS NAME 

Richard Grant White says in a note to "A Midsummer Night's Dream":-

"Until after Shakespeare wrote this play, the word "puck" was the generic name for a minor order of evil spirits.

 The name "puck" exists in all the Teutonic and Scandinavian dialects, and in New York the Dutch have left it in a form of "spook", which means a ghost or spirit known to all who are "Knickerbockers" by blood or birth.

 The name was not pronounced in Shakespeare's time with the u short. Indeed he seems to have been the first to spell it "puck" all other previous or contemporary English writers in whose works it has been discovered spelling it either  as "powke", or  "pooke", or "pouke". 

There seems to be no reason to doubt that William Shakespeare and his contemporaneous readers pronounced it as  "pook".

The fact that it is made a rhyme to the word "luck" is not at all in variance with this opinion, because it appears equally certain that the "u" in that word and in all of similar orthography had the sound of "oo". Burton in his "Anatomy of Melancholy" makes a "puck' to be a separate demon "will-o-the-wisp." 

In Ben Jonson's 'Sad Shepherd" he appears as the "Puck hairy'.

In "Hudibras" he figures as "good Pug-Robin".

See Heywood's "Hierarchie Lib IX.":

In John Milesius any man may reade 

Of divels in Sarmatia 

honored Call d'Kottri of Kibaldi; such as wee.

Pugs and hobgoblins call. Their dwellings 

In corners of old houses least frequented bee, 

Or beneath stacks of wood; and these convented 

Make fearfull noise in buttries and in dairies, 

Robin good fellowes some some call them fairies. 

The name "Hobgoblin" is compounded of the name "hob"- which is a familiar or rustic variation of the Christian name "Robert" or "Robin and goblin". The original meaning of the word "hobgoblin" was- a mischievous, and tricksy imp or sprite, which is just another name for "Puck" or "Robin Goodfellow"- which is Robin Hood.  The meaning of the name "hobgoblin" as  "a terrifying apparition, a bogy" was a later one.

Measures of preluding introduced by a horn lead to the first capricious and chief theme of the scherzo. A second theme is derived from the opening horn call. The trio section un poco più moderato begins with a theme announced by bassoons umoristico.  

THE MAGAZINE FOR EDUCATORS OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE USA- NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS- MONTH OF OCTOBER YEAR 1927.

THE CLASSIC REPERTOIRE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA- THE SONG- Hobgoblin Time  -  Words and Music by ANNIE STEVENS PERKINS.

QUITE RARE SONG- THE GRAND AMERICAN CLASSICS- HALLOWEEN SONG FOR THE SCHOOL PLAY AND PERFORMANCE. 

ADDING THE NOTE SHEET. 

THE SONG FOUND IN THIS MAGAZINE- PRESENTED AS IT WAS FOUND

ORIGINAL SONG WAS FOUND IN THIS MAGAZINE

NORMAL INSTRUCTOR OCTOBER  1927 

ISLANDS- A GUESSING GAME

 The guessing games of the Primary Schools of the United States of America

The games were shared by teachers in all the magazines and were played in Friday lessons. Guessing games were especially loved in decade of 1910-1920. The popularity of such games was hughe- the game during lesson not only rests the children but as well teaches them concentration of thought in the most pleasant way.

How the guessing games were played?

A child was allowed to run quickly out of the desk and to touch any object in the room naming it as he touches it, and then he used to pass to his seat. Then the teacher called the second one and had him to touch and name the same object. Number one did, then touch and name another and was seated A third child touches and names in order these two objects and adds another  one to the list. And so it goes on each child in the classroom- touching and naming in order the objects that have been chosen each time, and adding one new to the list- just made up right now by themselves. Often times bright pupils will remember and name each object at the end of the lesson- by heart.

Recreation Department 

Islands A Guessing Game 

Each couplet is to be answered by the name of an island group of islands 

1.

I'm served at luncheons now and then, 
And much enjoyed by hungry men (Sandwich.) 
2. 

You drink me sometimes when you dine, 
And some consider me quite fine. (Madeira.) 
3.

I'm ridden by a little child, 
So must be gentle, careful, mild. (Shetland.) 
4.

In prose sometimes and oft in rhyme, 
I'm used to denote the length of time (Long.) 
5.

Of God's creations I was latest, 
And by myself considered greatest. (Man.) 
6.

I am a shaggy quadruped, 
Once used to draw my master's sled. ( New Foundland.)
 7.

I am a girl's old fashioned name, 
Your granny may have had the same. (Caroline) 
8.

I m coffee of a certain kind,  
And most delicious too you ll find. (Java) 
9.

Just from the mint you'll see I am, 
A piece of gold, and not a sham. (New Guinea.)

10.

I sweetly sing, am very small, 
A little bird beloved by all. (Canary.)
11.

When you've not dined on victuals plain, 
You take me to relieve the pain. (Jamaica.) 
12.

I am an officer of peace, 
So must not from my vigil cease. (Marshal.) 

THE GAME IS FOUND IN THE MAGAZINE- NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS- YEAR 1908, MONTH SEPTEMBER

PLAYING COOK- SONG

 THE MAGAZINE FOR EDUCATORS OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE USA- NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS- MONTH OF SEPTEMBER YEAR 1908

THE CLASSIC REPERTOIRE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA- THE SONG- PLAYING COOK -  Words and Music by ANNIE STEVENS PERKINS 

ADDING THE NOTE SHEET. 

THE SONG FOUND IN THIS MAGAZINE- PRESENTED AS IT WAS FOUND

ORIGINAL SONG WAS FOUND IN THIS MAGAZINE

NORMAL INSTRUCTOR SEPTEMBER 1908 

 

WE FOUND  THE PHOTO OF THE DIVA OF THE OPERA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Elsa Lyons Cook. The photo features Penn's "The Magic of Your Eyes." 

Elsa Lyons Cook was a remarkable soprano who was very famous and well known for her artistic abilities. She has been very enthusiastic about the American Opera and especially about  Penn's "The Magic of Your Eyes" which she has permanently added to her grand repertoire. Miss Cook has sung the song several times at League Island and also at a the most reputable Recital of The USA  of the year- the recital given for the benefit of The Red Cross.