The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 2 of 2)

Note 13 — CHILDREN’S GAMES (continued 7)

Reading edition

At Wenlock they add to the chorus:

O Alice! your true love will send you a letter to turn round your head! And she can turn the handlestick.

[14] Another version from Forfarshire gives “Green, green, grivers,” and “Pull the cradle string” for “Dance the Hielan’ Fling,” and one from Nairn is “Turn your back to the wall again.”

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