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A POPULAR GAME WE USED TO PLAY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN
I WAS YOUNG WAS "WHAT TIME IS IT, MR. FOX?"
ONE PERSON WOULD BE MR. FOX, FACING A WALL, ACROSS
AN AREA FROM THE REST OF THE CHLDREN. THE CHILDREN
WOULD THEN ASK HIM WHAT TIME IT WAS AND HE'S GIVE A
NUMBER. THE CHILDREN WOULD THEN TAKE THAT AMOUNT OF
STEPS FORWARD. THIS WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL MR. FOX
WOULD ANSWER, "IT'S MIDNIGHT!" AT WHICH TIME HE WOULD
TURN AROUND AND TRY TO CATCH SOMEONE. EVERYONE WOULD
THEN TRY TO REACH SAFETY WHICH WAS THE PLACE WHERE
THEY BEGAN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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