Okoš bokoš
Okoš bokoš
Okosh-Bokosh
Counting-out Rhyme
Counting-out Rhyme
(Croatian)
(English)
Okoš bokoš
prde kokoš
pita baja
kol'ko tebi treba jaja
Okosh-Bokosh
Chicken farts
Granny asks,
How many eggs do you need?
Notes
Here's a slightly different version:
Okoš mokoš
prde kokoš
Pita baja
Kol'ko tebi treba jaja
English Translation:
Okosh-Mokosh
The Chicken farts
Granny asks,
How many eggs do you need?
Sandra wrote: "Okos-Mokos doesn't mean anything, it goes together with kokosh (in the 2nd line).
Paula asked about the meaning of "Okos-Mokos" and wrote: "Mokos is a goddess". Later Paula wrote, "The Hungarian words OKOS-MOKOS be 'Smart-Mokos' in English! Could it be possible?"
If anyone knows of any meaning of Okos-Mokos or Okoš bokoš, please email me. Thanks in advance! Mama Lisa
Game Instructions
A child recites the rhymes pointing to a child on each syllable. On the last one, the child on which it falls says a number, the leader counts and the child on which the number falls goes out and so on until there's only one child who is "It".
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Thanks to Paula Reis for contributing this song and to Sanda Stančić for translating it.
Puno hvala!