MOTHER, MOTHER, MAY I GO OUT TO PLAY?

I thought this game was a thing of the past, but I came on some

children playing it in the streets of Penzance, in 1883. It may be

played by any number, and, as in the two former games, one is chosen

for mother. This is the dialogue:

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