The Traditional Children's Games of England Scotland
& Ireland
In Dictionary Form - Volume 1
With Tunes(sheet music), Singing-rhymes(lyrics), Methods Of Playing with diagrams and illustrations.
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Now you're married I wish you joy, First a girl and then a boy, Seven years after son and daughter, Pray you come to kiss together.
—Longcot, Berkshire (Miss I. Barclay).
(b) A ring is formed by the players joining hands, one child standing in the centre. The ring dance round singing the first four lines. At the fourth line the child in the centre chooses one from the ring, who goes into the centre with her. The marriage formula or chorus is then sung, the two kiss, and the one who was first in the centre joins the ring, the second one choosing another in her turn. Played by both boys and girls.
See " Sally Water," " Silly Old Man." |
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Our shoes are made of leather, Our stockings are made of silk, Our pinafores are made of calico, As white as any milk.
Here we go around, around, around, And we shall touch the ground.
—Barnes and London Streets (A. B. Gomme).
A ring is formed by the children joining hands. They walk round singing the first four lines. They then dance round quickly and sit down suddenly, or touch the ground with their clothes.
A version of this game from Liphook, Hants, almost identical in words, has been sent by Miss Fowler, and another from Crockham Hill, Kent, by Miss Chase. |
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