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1. Games - The Mulberry Bush

   

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   This is another old game which has no limit as regards the number of young people who can join in.
   The players form a ring, and joining hands, they dance merrily round while they sing:
   "Here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
   Here we go round the mulberry bush,
   On a cold and frosty morning".
   Having got as far as this, hands should be unclasped and the song continued as follows:
   "This is the way we wash our hands, wash our hands, wash our hands,
   On a cold and frosty morning".
   As they sing the players should imitate the action of the hands in washing. The dance round should be repeated after each verse while the "mulberry bush" chorus as above is sung. There is no limit to the number of verses which may be sung, the

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