The traditional games of England, Scotland, and Ireland : with tunes, singing-rhymes, and methods of playing according to the variants extant and recorded in different parts of the Kingdom (1894)
Gomme, Alice Bertha · London : D. Nutt · leaf 262
tart off running in any direction they please, and the others try to catch them." The second method of playing is best described by the Rev. Walter Gregor, from the Nairn game, which is known as " The Gates of Babylon." Mr. Gregor writes as follows: — "This game may be played either by boys or… … other round the waist from behind. They go up to the two that form the gate, and the leader asks the first question, as in version No. 2. The dialogue then proceeds to the end. The two then lift their arms as high as they can, still joined, and the line of players passes through. All at once the…
Games -- Great Britain
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