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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 237

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    hands out in front of her, shut. The other girl counts by the knuckles saying "Handy come bundy which hand is it in". If the girl points out the hand in which it is in she gets it, but if she points the wrong one the first girl keeps it.
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    (3) Hold Fast
    First we get a stick, and the person giving out the game says "Hold fast." the other lets it go and if the first person says "Let go," the other holds it.
    If the person lets it go or holds it, he gets a slap.
    (4) Jack is alive.
    One person gets a lighted piece of paper and holds it out and says.
    "Jack is alive and likely to live.
    If he dies in my hand, a fortune I'll give."
    Then he passes it on to the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Owen Bennett
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Noggusboy, Co. Offaly