Idioms & Rhymes 💡

This is another Dementia Cafe quiz, based on idioms, or well known phrases, and rhymes from childhood.

The activity relies on long-term memory and some or all of the material may be well remembered. Using long-term memory in this way aims to stimulate "those little grey cells", as Hercule Poirot would say, and it can be very rewarding to bring back those memories when short-term memory is more profoundly affected.

Some of the material may be perceived as 'childish' by some, so the above reassurance may be helpful.

First complete these well known phrases ...

	Sticks and stones ...		Throw a spanner ...
	Liar liar ...		Pride comes ...
	Pinch punch ...		A friend in need ...
	All work and no play ...		Don't run before ...
	Time and tide ...		Like a dog ...
	Look before ...		Better late ...
	You can't judge ...		Put your best ...
	It never rains ...		Rain rain go away ...
	Every cloud ...		No ifs ...
	Two wrongs ...		Oopsey ...
	Cost an arm ...		If your'e happy ...

Things your mother used to say ...

Can members think of any more?

Complete the first line of the rhyme (or the whole thing) ...

	Doctor Foster ...		The grand old Duke of York ...
	Hey diddle diddle ...		The owl and the pussycat ...
	One for sorrow ...		Who killed Cock Robbin? ...
	Oranges and lemons ...		Little Miss Muffet ...
	Sing a song of sixpence ...		Fe fi fo fum ...
	Humpty dumpty ...		Jack and Jill ...
	Hickory Dickory Dock ...		Twinkle twinkle ...
	Ring a Ring o' Roses ...		Row row row ...
	Hush little baby ...		Heads, shoulders ...
	The Queen of Hearts ...		Rub a dub dub ...
	Mary had a little ...		Baa baa ...
	Three blind mice ...		Little bo peep ...
	1 2 3 4 5 ...		Rock a bye baby ...
	Moonday's child ...		Now I lay me down ...

And here are some 'Junior Choice' songs for members to singalong with ...

Here is your Spotify playlist ...

Answers

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me

Throw a spanner in the works

Liar liar pants on fire

Pride comes before a fall

Pinch punch first of the month and no returns.

A flick and a kick for being so quick!

A punch in the eye, for being so sly.

A friend in need is a friend indeed

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

Don't run before you can walk

Time and tide wait for no man

Like a dog with a bone

Look before you leap

Better late than never

You can't judge a book by it's cover

Put your best foot forward

It never rains but it pours

Rain rain go away

Come again another day

Every cloud has a silver lining

No ifs ands or buts

Two wrongs don't make a right

Oopsey daisy

Cost and arm and a leg

If you're happy and you know it clap your hands