The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

DOCTOR--GAME

ALL OF THOSE PLAYING WOULD JOIN HANDS IN A CIRCLE
EXCEPT ONE PERSON, WHO WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE UNTIL
HE WAS CALLED. THOSE IN THE CIRCLE WOULD THEN MIX
THEMSELVES UP, WITHOUT LOSSING HANDS, BY CLIMBING
UNDER AND OVER EACH OTHERS JOINED HANDS. THEN WHEN
THEY WERE READY, THEY ALL CALLED "DOCTOR." THE ONE
PLAYER WOULD THEN RETURN AND IT WAS HIS JOB TO GET
ALL OF THE PLAYERS BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITIONS
WITHOUT REQUIRING THEM TO LOOSE(N) HANDS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 11-29-1967