Knucklebones Playing with dolls
Doll’s house Altar games
Owl and owl coop Pop-gun
Masking Swinging
Whirligig Blowing soap bubbles
Cap of rushes Play with a bird
Rattle Stone, stone on the leg
Baptismal procession Blindman’s bluff
Child’s stool Odds or evens
Paper scissors rock Hot potato
Hobbyhorse Hand seat
Playing drum and flute Stirring a mudpie
Rolling a hoop Girl’s hoop
Call down a bung hole Rocking a barrel
Running with a pig’s bladder Lift
How many horns does the goat have? Playing store
Making pigment from bricks A brick
Mumblety-peg Bricklaying
Pulling hair Finding fireflies
Run with a cake Round the blind man
Leapfrog Tug-of-war
Running the gauntlet Turning somersaults
Head stands Turning cartwheels
Climb over a fence Ride on the fence
Bridal procession Blind pots
Walk on stilts Blind hood
Skittles or marbles Twirl around
Walk on high stilts Swing on the fence
Hang on the fence Balance a broom
Pickaback Piggyback
Hide and seek Spinning tops
Spinning tops Who sits here in the blue tower?
Rattle Windmill tournament
Digging a well Jumping over sandbags
King of the Castle? Jumping over sandbags
Here we go round the mulberry bush Twirling
Climbing trees Swimming with a bladder
Bathing one’s feet Swimming along the shore
Before or after the swim Throwing a ball against the wall
Defecating Bowling with knucklebones
Hockey Skittles
Hare and hound Badger the bear
Frog in the middle Climbing a wall
Fighting Hitting the wall
Procession game Follow the leader
Go on a visit First one there
Follow the leader Push someone off the bench
Piggyback No English equivalent
Horse Bayard and the four Heemskindern
St. John’s Fire Dragging trees for St. John’s Fire
Carrying torches Singing at doors
Wandering Joy pennant
St. Nicholas baskets
No comments:
Post a Comment