100.--_On the Ramsgate Sands._

Thirteen youngsters were seen dancing in a ring on the Ramsgate sands.

Apparently they were playing "Round the Mulberry Bush." The puzzle is

this. How many rings may they form without any child ever taking twice

the hand of any other child--right hand or left? That is, no child may

ever have a second time the same neighbour.

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