Victorian Children's Games

Mulberry Bush'. A singing/dancing game for four. Clasp hands and stand on the arms of an imaginary cross. Then, as they sing the following lines, they see-saw backwards and forwards in time to the air: Draw a bucket of water! A lady and her daughter! One in a rush; two in a rush. Please to walk under my Mulberry Bush'. Good Eggs / Bad Eggs'. There are two judges of the eggs - a good angel and a bad angel'. The first egg clasps her hands firmly under the knees in a crouching position. The judges clasp their hands under the armpits of the egg and swing her to and fro like a pendulum. If the egg withstands twenty swings she is deemed a good egg and lines up with the good angel'. If not, she is a bad egg and lines up with the bad angel

Armpits Backwards Clasp Clasps Crouching Deemed Draw Eggs Firmly Forwards Imaginary Judges Knees Mulberry Pendulum Please See-saw Swings

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