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Folklore Tales and Games for Children

Folk tales for children:

  • Lili, lili, Hozeh (a song played in the palm of a hand)
  • Davidam o Davidam ( I Ran and Ran poem)
  • Kadu Qelqelezan (The Rolling Pumpkin”)
  • Māh-pišāni (Moon-brow)
  • Nāranj o Toranj (Bitter Orange and Bergamot Orange)
  • Sarmā Pirezan (Old Woman’s Cold)
  • Šangul o Mangul ( Story about 3 goats)
  • Khāle Suske (“Auntie Cockroach”)
  • Amu zanjirbāf (uncle chain-maker – where kids form a chain and sing)
  • Kak b Tanoor, Moorcheh khak b sar (flea in fire, Ant misreble)

Games Besides the National games of Chess and Backgammon:

  • Alak-dolak (similar to peg and bat)
  • Atal matal tutule, (a counting-out game, used as a children’s nursery rhyme)
  • Āftāb-mahtāb (sunshine-moonlight)
  • (2 kids link arms & get on each other’s backs)
  • Gorgam-be-havā (Similar to Tag)
  • Ley-Ley (Similar to Hopscotch)
  • Pāsur, (a fishing card game)
  • Ghayem-Moushak (Similar to Hide-and-seek)
  • Ye-qol-do-qol (Similar to knucklebones, Jackstones)