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Shtayim biz'man                (* Two at a time                   *)
Halakhti la-yarkan             (* I went to the greengrocer       *)
Kaniti m'laf'fon               (* I bought a cucumber             *)
V'nitka li ba-garon            (* And it got caught in my throat  *)
Halakhti la-rofei              (* I went to the doctor            *)
Shatiti kos kafeh              (* I drank a cup of coffee         *)
Shakhavti ba-mitah             (* I lay down in bed               *)
V'nihyeiti b'riah.             (* And got better.                 *)

   (* "Two at a time" and "two for all" means that they jump two by two, *)
   (* with two girls jumping in the middle at each turn of the rope (two *)
   (* others are stationed at each end turning it). Normally, as I       *)
   (* observe it, this is a dynamic procedure: at each turn the first    *)
   (* girl goes out and runs around to be the last in line, while the    *)
   (* first in line becomes the second of the two jumpers for the next   *)
   (* turn.     -- Schaps (1993)                                         *)





Source: Schaps (1993)