clapping game

A clapping game is a children's activity combining rhythmic hand-clapping patterns with chanting or singing.

Players face each other and execute increasingly complex sequences of claps—their own hands, their partner's hands, and various body parts—while reciting traditional rhymes or songs.

Games like "Miss Mary Mack" and "A Sailor Went to Sea" have been passed down for generations, primarily among young girls on playgrounds and schoolyards.