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BALL GAME

THIS GAME WAS PLAYED WITH A RUBBER BALL. EACH TIME
A NUMBER WAS SPOKEN, THE BALL WAS BOUNCED. AFTER
THREE, YOU WOULD SAY "O'LARRY" AS YOU WOULD AFTER SIX
AND NINE TOO. WHEN YOU SAID "O'LARRY" YOU WOULD ALSO
BRING YOUR LEG UP OVER THE BALL. WHEN YOU GOT TO TEN,
YOU WOULD SAY "TEN O'LARRY OH," BOUNCE THE BALL AND
BEGIN AGAIN.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.

Where learned: HOME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement

Date learned: 11-00-1967

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