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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
COLLECTED AND ANNOTATED BY
ALICE BERTHA GOMME
VOL. II.
OATS AND BEANS-WOULD YOU KNOW
TOGETHER WITH A MEMOIR ON THE STUDY
OF CHILDREN’S GAMES
LONDON
DAVID NUTT, 270-71 STRAND
1898
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press
PREFACE
The completion of the second volume of my Dictionary hasbeen delayed from several unforeseen circumstances, themost important being the death of my most kind and learnedfriend the Rev. Dr. Gregor. The loss which folk-lore studentsas a body sustained by this lamented scholar’s death, was inmy own case accentuated, not only by many years of kindlycommunication, but by the very special help which hegenerously gave me for this collection.
The second volume completes the collection of games onthe lines already laid down. It has taken much more spacethan I originally intended, and I was compelled to add someimportant variants to the first volume, sent to me during thecompilation of the second. I have explained in the memoirthat the two volumes practically contain all that is to becollected, all, that is to say, of real importance.
The memoir seeks to show what important evidence is tobe derived from separate study of the Traditional Games ofEngland. That