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A leg and a wing
Two people either side of the middle one.
They each take hold of an arm and a...
2018-01-16
Bunny Rabbit
To decide who gets first pick or who hides first in run outs.

Two team leaders stand...
2008-08-19
Clap Hands
Does anyone remember a game where you stood facing another person (was usually girls) and did...
2010-01-13
Dip Dip Dip
Everyone lines up or gets in a circle.
One person starts the chant;

"Dip dip dip

My blue ship

Sailing...
2006-11-29
Eeny Meeny
To decide who goes first in another game.
Eeny - meeny - maka - raka - rare...
2020-10-28
I draw a snake
One person who is 'IT' faces the wall.
One of the other players draws a squiggle down...
2015-06-14
In a Clock
I am looking for the rules for a game we use to play in Philly in...
2016-06-02
Ip Dip
Everyone stands in a line or circle and as each word is said you point to...
2007-02-20
One Potato
One potato, two potato, three potato, four
Five potato, six potato, seven potato, more
One potato, two potato,
three...
2006-11-29
party on a hill
One person says chant whilst pointing to each in person.
Chant goes like this -
There's a party...
2013-07-05
Patty Cake
"Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man. Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Roll it,...
2019-01-18
Punchinella
Children make a circle holding hands while one person is in the middle of the circle.
They...
2008-05-24
Staged
First you sit down with 2 people in front of each other.
Then you sing 'you got...
2019-06-22
Stroke the Bunny
Anyone any knowledge of a game called stroke the bunny. The wording of which has totally...
2017-07-28
The big ship sails on the Ally Ally O
Remember the song but not the game. I think it involved holding crossed hands in a...
2017-09-13
we are off
chant.
We're off. We're off. We're off in a motor car.
Sixty coppers are after us and we...
2013-07-05
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