these
players run up and down through the aisles, each touching two or three
pupils, who rise and run after them. When the windows are mentioned,
the seated players who still have neighbors sitting across the aisles,
stand, and clasp hands with the neighbors to form an arch under which
the runners make their way.

Variations.--A pretty variation in this game, adapting it to the
modern city environment, with which many city children are more
familiar than they are with village life, is to substitute for the
words "Round and round the village" and "In and out the windows" the
words, "Round and round the city" (presumably on elevated or subway
trains) and "In and out the stations" or "In and out the subway."
While this tampering with a traditional form of the game is
questionable, there is no doubt that children much enjoy playing about
things related to their own experiences. A gradual and probably
unconscious adaptation to environment is one of the manifestations of
the folk-lore spirit.

This is one of the very old traditional games, based on village
customs. Mrs. Gomme traces it to the periodical village
festivals at which marriages took place. In some of these it
was customary for the young people to go through the houses in
procession.

SNAIL

_10 to 60 players._

_Indoors; out of doors._

This is a favorite game with very little children. For large numbers
each verse may be repeated as needed to complete the winding or
unwinding of the line.

Hand in hand you see us well
Creep like a snail into his shell,
Ever nearer, ever nearer,
Ever closer, ever closer,
Very snug indeed you dwell,
Snail, within your tiny shell.

Hand in hand you see us well
Creep like a snail out of his shell.
Ever farther, ever farther,
Ever wider, ever wider.
Who'd have thought this tiny shell
Could have held us all so well.

[Illustration music: SNAIL

Hand in hand you see us well Creep like a
snail into his shell, Ever nearer, ever
nearer, Ever closer, ever closer, Very
snug indeed you dwell, Snail, within your tiny shell.
]

The players all stand in line holding hands; while singing the first
verse they wind up in a spiral, following the leader, who walks in a
circle growing ever smaller until all are wound up, still holding
hands. The leader then turns and unwinds, until all are again in one
long line.

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