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Games--Chants or Warnings
"Poison or stone poison"--player was tagged if he stepped off stones.
Chant--"Tread not purposely on pebblestones for it is the art of a fool."
"Honey Pots." The "honey pot" was a boy or girl coiled up and carried by two other children in a "chair" made by crossing the hands and arms. The players often chanted--"Carry your honey not safe and sound, or it will fall upon the ground."
It was the fate of some "honey pots" to find themselves sprawled on the ground and easy prey for marauding "bears."
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Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |