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"OLD MAID"

KIDS IN CIRCLE WITH EVERYONE HOLDING HANDS-ODD NUMBER OF KIDS.
THERE IS ONE PERSON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE. ALL COUNT FROM
1 TO 20 --STOPPING HERE BECAUSE 20 IS A GOOD MARRIAGEABLE AGE.
EVERYONE RUNS FOR A PARTNER: ONE IS LEFT OUT AND IS THE OLD
MAID, TO BE IN THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE THE NEXT TIME THE GAME
IS PLAYED.

Submitter comment: PAT LEARNED THIS GAME WHILE BEING A CAMP CONSELOR IN 1971 IN NC

Data entry tech comment: SPELLING ERRORS WERE CORRECTED

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

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

Date learned: 06-12-1972

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