Category: History - British

The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2) With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.

Gomme, Alice Bertha, 1853-1938· 6 chapters· 118,040 words

(_d_) Two important suggestions occur as to this game. First, that the dance was originally the indication at a marriage ceremony for the bride and bridegroom to retire with "the bowster" to the nuptial couch. Secondly, that it has degenerated in Southern Britain to the ordina...

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3. iv. 201, suggests that "Hucklebones" was introduced into Europe by the

Romans, and was spread throughout the countries which formed the empire by means of Roman colonists and soldiers. Mr. Newell (_Games_, pp. 190-93) describes a similar game to "F...

1. ii. 518, says it is now (1850) danced with a handkerchief instead of a

(_d_) Two important suggestions occur as to this game. First, that the dance was originally the indication at a marriage ceremony for the bride and bridegroom to retire with "th...

2. ii. 442) says, "I have a tune called 'A round dance to dance the bride

to bed.' It dates from about 1630, or earlier, and resembles that of 'The Hunt is up.'" Dancing was considered so essential at weddings (according to Grose) that if in a family...

4. Volume I.

Page 300: reference to How many miles to Barley Bridge?, which is not listed as a separate game; the phrase occurs in some of the versions of How many miles to Babylon?

6. Volume I.

5. Volume II.