Traditional Game
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共 36 段- (_c_) The players form a ring by joining hands, with one chi
- The questioned child replying must be careful to avoid using
- A sport among children in Fife. An egg, an unfledged bird, o
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- --Liverpool and neighbourhood (Mrs. Harley).
- The players place themselves each in some "coign of vantage,
- III. My name is Queen Mary,
- XII. Maggie Black, fresh and fair,
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- Now you're married
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- The following version was written down in 1821 under the nam
- Now young couple, you're married for ever,
- In the Sheffield district it is called "Rag Stag," and is us
- One child stands in the centre of a ring, which is formed by
- Come away, fair lady, there is no time to spare;
- Turn back, turn back, thou scornful knight,
- (_b_) The players stand in two lines, facing one another, th
- Dr. Gregor secured one of these that was in use in Pitsligo,
- There is a girl of our town,
- (_c_) "The Twelve Days" was a Christmas game. It was a custo
- XVII. Wall-flowers, wall-flowers, growing up so high!
- We shall have two glasses of it, &c.
- (_c_) The children join hands and form a ring. They all danc
- to the first part of the tune given--that in three-eight tim
- Two are chosen--one to represent the wolf and the other the
- The centre child takes the one selected by the hand, and the
- Isabella, farewella, &c.
- Another version of this game. It is begun in the same way. A
- All a Row.
- In the second class the circle is formed, the players all cl
- In considering this group of games it is obvious, I think, t
- The dialogue games appear to me to be later in form than bot
- For an example of this custom I may repeat (from ii. p. 386)
- "A curious dance is also executed by Hindu women at Sagar, i
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