Children's games in street and playground : Chasing, catching, seeking, hunting, racing, duelling, exerting, daring, guessing, acting, pretending

This book focuses initially on starting a game and games involving chasing, catching, and seeking. It includes favorites such as The Dreaded Lurgi, What's the Time Mr. Wolf?, Stuck in the Mud, and British Bulldog. The book goes on to look at games involving seeking, hunting, racing, duelling, exerting, daring, guessing, acting, and pretending. In all around 125 games are described in detail including the rhymes and sayings children repeat while playing them, together with the different names under which they are played. Brief historical notes are also included where relevant. A magnificent survey of over 40 games played by children, largely out of sight of adults, in the 1960s, in the street, playground and wasteland.