
The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 2 of 2) / With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes, and Methods of Playing etc.
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Discusses the rules and local variants of a wide range of folk games played b children in Great Britain.
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- THE Traditional Games Of England, Scotland, and Ireland
- PREFACE
- LIST OF AUTHORITIES ADDENDUM TO VOL. I.
- LIST OF GAMES
- ADDENDA
- ANALYSIS OF “MEMOIR”
- CHILDREN’S GAMES
- Oats and Beans and Barley
- Obadiah
- Odd or Even
- Odd-man
- Old Dame
- Old Roger is Dead
- Old Soldier
- Oliver, Oliver, follow the King!
- One Catch-all
- Oranges and Lemons
- ’Otmillo
- Over Clover
- Paddy from Home
- Paip
- Pallall
- Pally Ully
- Pat-ball
- Pay-swad
- Pednameny
- Peesie Weet
- Peg and Stick
- Peg-fiched
- Peggy Nut
- Peg-in-the-Ring
- Peg-top
- Penny Cast
- Penny Hop
- Penny Prick
- Penny Stanes
- Phœbe
- Pick and Hotch
- Pi-cow
- Pigeon Walk
- Pig-ring
- Pillie-Winkie
- Pinch
- Pinny Show
- Pins
- Pirley Pease-weep
- Pitch
- Pitch and Hustle
- Pitch and Toss
- Pit-counter
- Pits
- Pize Ball
- Plum Pudding
- Plum Pudding and Roast Beef
- Pointing out a Point
- Poncake
- Poor and Rich
- Poor Mary sits a-weeping
- Poor Widow
- Pop Goes the Weasel
- Pop-the-Bonnet
- Poppet-Show
- Port the Helm
- Pots, or Potts
- Pray, Pretty Miss
- Pretty Little Girl of Mine
- Pretty Miss Pink
- Prick at the Loop
- Prickey Sockey
- Prickie and Jockie
- Priest-Cat (1)
- Priest-Cat (2)
- Priest of the Parish
- Prisoner’s Base or Bars
- Puff-the-Dart
- Pun o’ mair Weight
- Punch Bowl
- Purposes
- Push in the Wash Tub
- Push-pin, or Put-pin
- Push the Business On
- Puss in the Corner
- Pussy’s Ground
- Pyramid
- Quaker
- Quaker’s Wedding
- Queen Anne
- Queen Mary
- Queen of Sheba
- Ragman
- Rag-stag
- Rakes and Roans
- Rakkeps
- Range the Bus
- Rax, or Raxie-boxie, King of Scotland
- Relievo
- Religious Church
- Rigs
- Ring
- Ring a Ring o’ Roses
- Ring by Ring
- Ringie, Ringie, Red Belt
- Ring-me-rary
- Ring-taw
- Rin-im-o’er
- Robbing the Parson’s Hen-Roost
- Rockety Row
- Roll up Tobacco
- Roly-poly
- Ronin the Bee
- Rosy Apple, Lemon and Pear
- Roundabout, or Cheshire Round
- Round and Round the Village
- Round and Round went the Gallant Ship
- Round Tag
- Rounders
- Rounds
- Row-chow-Tobacco
- Rowland-Ho
- Rumps
- Rusty
- Sacks
- Saddle the Nag
- Saggy
- Sailor Lad
- Sally go Round the Moon
- Sally Water
- Sally Sober
- Salmon Fishers
- Salt Eel
- Save All
- Say Girl
- Scat
- Scop-peril, or Scoperel
- Scotch-hoppers
- Scots and English
- Scratch Cradle
- Scrush
- Scurran-Meggy
- See-Saw
- See-Sim
- Shame Reel, or Shamit Dance
- She Said, and She Said
- Shepherd and Sheep
- Shepherds
- Shinney, or Shinty, or Shinnops
- Ship
- Ship Sail
- Shiver the Goose
- Shoeing the Auld Mare
- Shue-Gled-Wylie
- Shuttlefeather
- Shuvvy-Hawle
- Silly Old Man
- Skin the Goatie
- Skipping
- Skyte the Bob
- Smuggle the Gig
- Snail Creep
- Snapping Tongs
- Snatch Apple
- Snatch Hood
- Soldier
- Solomon
- Sort’em-billyort’em
- Sow-in-the-Kirk
- Span Counter
- Spang and Purley
- Spangie
- Spannims
- Spawnie
- Spinny-Wye
- Splints
- Spurn point
- Spy-arm
- Stacks
- Stag
- Stagging
- Steal the Pigs
- Stealy Clothes
- Steik and Hide
- Sticky-stack
- Sticky Toffey
- Stiff Police
- Stik-n Snael (Stick and Snell)
- Stocks
- Stones
- Stool-ball
- Strik a Licht
- Stroke
- Stroke Bias
- Sun and Moon
- Sunday Night
- Sun Shines
- Sweer Tree
- Swinging
- Tait
- Teesty-Tosty
- Teter-cum-Tawter
- Tee-to-tum.
- Thimble Ring
- Thing done
- Thread the Needle
- Three Days’ Holidays
- Three Dukes
- Three Flowers
- Three Holes
- Three Jolly Welshmen
- Three Knights from Spain
- Three Little Ships
- Three Old Bachelors
- Three Sailors
- Through the Needle Eye, Boys
- Thun’er Spell
- Tick
- Tickle me Quickly
- Ticky Touchwood.
- Tig.
- Time.
- Tip it.
- Tip-Cat.
- Tip-tap-toe.
- Tiring Irons.
- Tisty Tosty
- Titter-totter
- Tit-tat-toe.
- Tods and Lambs
- Tom Tiddler’s Ground
- Tops
- The Totum, or Tee-to-tum
- Touch
- Tower of London
- Town Lovers
- Trades
- Trap, Bat, and Ball
- Tray-Trip
- Tres-acre
- Tribet
- Trippit and Coit
- Trip and Go
- Trip-trout
- Troap
- Troco, Trucks
- Troule-in-Madame
- Trounce-Hole
- Troy Town
- Truncher
- Trunket
- Truss
- Tuilyie-wap
- Turn, Cheeses, Turn
- Turn Spit Jack
- Turn the Ship
- Turn the Trencher, or, My Lady’s Toilet
- Turvey
- Tutt-ball
- Twelve Days of Christmas
- Twelve Holes
- Uncle John is Ill in Bed
- Up the Streets
- Wadds and the Wears (1)
- Wadds and the Wears (2)
- Waggles
- Wallflowers
- Warney
- Way-Zaltin
- We are the Rovers
- Weary
- Weave the Diaper
- Weigh the Butter
- When I was a Young Girl
- Whiddy
- Whigmeleerie
- Whip
- Whishin Dance
- Who goes round my Stone Wall
- Widow
- Wiggle-Waggle
- Wild Boar
- Wild Birds
- Willie, Willie Wastell
- Wind up the Bush Faggot
- Wind, The
- Wink-egg
- Witch, The
- Witte-Witte-Way
- Wolf
- Wolf and the Lamb, The
- Would you know how doth the Peasant
- ADDENDA
- A’ the Birdies.
- All the Boys.
- American Post.
- As I was Walking.
- Auld Grannie.
- Ball.
- Bannockburn.
- Black Doggie.
- Bonnet Ridgie.
- Button, The.
- Canlie.
- Carry my Lady to London.
- Cat and Dog Hole.
- Catch the Salmond.
- Chicken come Clock.
- Chippings, or Cheapings.
- Chucks.
- Churning.
- Codham, or Cobhams.
- Colley Ball.
- Dan’l my Man.
- Deil amo’ the Dishes, The.
- Dig for Silver.
- Dilsee Dollsie Dee.
- Doagan.
- Down in Yonder Meadow.
- Draw a Pail of Water.
- Drop Handkerchief.
- Dumb Crambo.
- Dump.
- Eendy, Beendy.
- Farmer’s Den, The.
- Fire on the Mountains.
- Fool, Fool, come to School.
- French Jackie,
- Galloping.
- Gallant Ship.
- Galley, Galley Ship.
- Glasgow Ships.
- Granny’s Needle.
- Green Gravel.
- Green Grass.
- Green Grass.
- Heap the Cairn.
- Hear all! Let me at her.
- Hen and Chickens.
- High Windows.
- Hot Cockles.
- Hulla-balloo-ballee.
- Isabella.
- Jenny Jones.
- Jockie Rover.
- Jolly Lads, Bold.
- Jolly Miller.
- Keys of Heaven.
- Kick the Block.
- Lady of the Land.
- Leap-Frog.
- London Bridge.
- Magician.
- Mannie on the Pavement.
- Merry-ma-Tansa.
- Milking Pails.
- My Delight’s in Tansies.
- Namer and Guesser.
- Needle Cases.
- Nuts in May.
- Odd Man.
- Old Cranny Crow.
- Old Johanny Hairy, Crap in!
- Paper of Pins.
- Pickie.
- Poor Widow.
- Rashes.
- Queen Anne.
- Sally Water.
- Shuffle the Brogue.
- Soldiers, Soldiers.
- Three Dukes.
- Three Knights from Spain.
- Tug-of-War Game.
- We are the Rovers.
- When I was a Young Girl.
- MEMOIR ON THE STUDY OF CHILDREN’S GAMES
- MARRIAGE GAMES.
- COURTSHIP AND LOVEMAKING GAMES.
- FORTRESS GAMES.
- FUNERAL GAMES.
- HARVEST GAMES.
- TRADE GAMES.
- GHOST GAMES.
- WELL WORSHIP GAME.
- RUSH-BEARING GAME.
- TREE WORSHIP GAME.
- WINDING UP GAMES.
- TABU GAME.
- DIVINATION GAMES.
- VICTIMISING OR PENALTY GAMES.
- (Forms of Torture.)
- CHARM GAMES.
- EFFIGY GAME.
- IMITATION OF SPORT GAMES.
- IMITATION OF SPORTS (WITH ANIMAL) GAMES.
- WEIGHING GAMES.
- WITCH OR CHILD STEALING GAMES.
- ANIMAL CONTEST GAMES.
- FISHING GAME.
- CHURNING GAME.
- CONUNDRUM GAMES.
- GUESSING GAMES.
- CONTEST GAMES.
- To take Prisoners.
- Prisoners and Possession of Ground.
- Catching and Touching for “he” or “it.”
- Tug of War.
- DANCE GAMES.
- (With words and singing.)
- DANCE AND SEE-SAW GAMES.
- HIDE AND SEEK GAMES.
- (1.) Persons—
- (2). Objects—
- LEAP-FROG AND HOPPING GAMES.
- CARRYING GAMES.
- BLINDFOLD GAMES.
- FOLLOW MY LEADER GAMES.
- FORFEIT GAMES.
- BALL, HAND.
- BALL, FOOT.
- BALL GAMES.
- (With bats and sticks played by rival parties.)
- GAMES OF SKILL AND CHANCE.
- Aim—Throwing sticks or stones to hit particular object.
- Buttons.
- Chance, or Gambling.
- Cherry Stones.
- Eggs.
- Marbles.
- Nuts on string.
- On Diagram or Plan.
- Pence.
- Pins.
- Shuttlecock.
- Stones and Dice.
- Tops.
- With Fingers and String.
- Games Played in Line Form (with singing and action).
- Circle Form (singing and action subdivided into three methods).
- Individual Form (dialogue game).
- Arch Form.
- Winding Up, Or Serpent’s Coil Form.
- DRAMATIC GAMES.
- (1) Singing (containing words, tune, action).
- (2) Dialogue and Action (no singing).
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