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1. Games I Play - There Came an Old Woman

   

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   There Came An Old Woman:- You play this with nine children standing in a circle. One stands on right and says:-
   "There came an old woman from sandy land,
   hee, hi, ho;
   Please take one of my daughters in,
   She can knit, and she can sew, she can
   be the lily-lies-low
   She can be the fairy queen, and she can be nothing at a;;."

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2. Games I Play- Who Will Buy the Milk Can

   

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   Who Will Buy The Milk-Can? The children stand in two rows and one row to meet the other saying: Who will but the milkcan, the milkman, the milkman Who will buy the milkcan, sugar-cane and candy. Then the other row runs saying "We will buy etc. 1st row Where will you get the money, get the money, etc 2nd row Sell father's feather bed, feather bed, etc 1st row Where will father lie, father lie, etc. 2nd row Lie in mother's bed, mother's bed, etc 1st row Where will mother lie, mother lie, etc 2nd row Lie in brother's bed, brother's bed, etc 1st row Where will brother lie, etc 2nd row Lie in sister's bed etc 1st Where will sister lie etc 2nd Lie in baby's bed etc 1st Where will baby lie

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