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Hands Up to 85

To play this game there should be at least 3 or more players.
(The more players the more interesting a game!) The players stand
in a circle clapping each others hands throughout the entire game.
This game is usually played by young girls.
Object: To name something different about the subject your group
has chosen.
Rules: No one can repeat anything already named.
Players must not hesitate or demonstate.
Players must keep on the beat of the clap.
The rhyme: Hands up to 85,
Gonna get,
Names of,
(Name the subject) e.g., boy names
No hesitation,
No demonstration,
So let's go,
Starting with,
(Name the player to begin).

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): hesitate or demonstrate ?

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics

Date learned: 01-00-1992

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Proverb

He who hesitates is lost.

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Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [V200] crossed out. replaced with current classification.

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Hesitate ; Lose ; LOST ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

He who hesitates is lost.

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Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: HOME ; Teypiano, John

Keyword(s): ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Hesitate ; LOST ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Wait

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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