That's why moms and dads, grandparents often read funny quotes, jokes and ditties about Shrovetide for their children. With the help of these works of Russian folklore, it is possible to explain to the child why during this holiday pancakes are cooked and they treat each other, burn a scarecrow and endlessly merry.
In this article we offer to your attention a few children's ditties that can be used on Shrovetide for entertainment and dating children on this wonderful holiday.
Short ditties about Shrovetide for children
Chastushki for the youngest children should be short, so that the kid could catch their meaning and repeat for adults. Such ditties can be performed with music or simply with a song. Anyway, these short rhymes, timed to Pancake week, will help to enrich the vocabulary of crumbs and introduce it to ancient customs and traditions.
In particular, for the group of boys and girls of early age, the following chastooshkas-quatrains are perfect:
We are with all honest people
You chastushki will sing,
We spend the winter-mother
And we'll start meeting spring.
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We are on a shrouded week
The holiday was not broken,
All friends danced, sang,
Yes, pancakes were eating!
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On the merry Russian troika
We were friends.
After knocking down the cow Zorka,
Tears poured into three streams.
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25 pancakes of healthy
I ate in one sitting.
And now on the trousers of the new
You will not find clean places.
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As on our Carnival
Everyone becomes warmer.
Go away, winter, away,
We with pancakes are more cheerful.
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Long ditties for older kids
The older guys usually happily play the ditties with merry music to please their parents and other loved ones, and also to show their talent to other boys and girls. In this case, as a rule, longer works of Russian folklore are used. For example, on the eve of the Shrovetide week, the guys can perform such a clockwork chastushka:
On Monday with a clear dawn
All ride on the hill,
All sorts of delicacies are chewed,
Loud songs are singing.
Through the village to every yard
The children's choir is running.
Of the houses are old clothes,
All sorts of rags.
All take out for the fence,
Spreading a large fire.
That's Carnival,
Glorious Carnival!
For the beloved for the scarf
The guy climbs on the shelf.
A pole is poured over with water,
That's why it's icy.
In tests, the lads stand,
And in the cooking of the girl -
Sweet pancakes are baked,
The food is served.
The people are smiling,
He leads a round dance.
That's Carnival,
Good Carnival!
Spazaranok runs son-in-law
His mother-in-law to please,
Calling her into the house,
He treats there with wine.
Have fun, honest people,
Filling his stomach.
This is Pancake week,
Celebrate Pancake week!