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

Volume I.

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Page 51: reference to Wind Up Jack: this game is not mentioned separately, but under Wind Up the Bush Faggot.

Page 120: reference to Wind up the Watch, which is not listed as a separate game, but as a local name for Wind up the Bush Faggot.

Page 137: reference to Crosspurposes: according to the description and Vol. II, this could be Cross-questions.

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?

Page 318, section (c): The author refers to the Belfast version, but describes the Isle of Man version. This has not been changed.

Page 328: reference to the game Spanish Fly, which does not occur in either volume (nor does the phrase).

Page 402: reference to Ghost in the Garden and Ghost in the Copper. Neither is described as a separate game; probably the reference is to Ghost at the Well.

Textual remarks:

At least some of the quotations presented by the author are not verbatim quotations, they have been edited by the author (for example Aubrey on cockle-bread).