The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2): With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.Gomme, Alice Bertha
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The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2): With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.
Gomme, Alice Bertha
Folklore -- Great Britain; Games -- Great Britain
References:
Both volumes contain some uncertain references to (other) games, caused
by the naming and/or spelling of game names. Where these differences
were trivial (for example, Wolf and Lamb versus Wolf and the Lamb),
their identity has been assumed silently. Following is a list of less
trivial references.
The game Stag is often referred to as Stag Warning, but occasionally
they are listed as thought they were separate games.
Volume I.
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).
Volume II.
In the Addenda, the original work uses Arabic rather than Roman numerals
for different variants; this has not been changed.
The original work uses both 2-4 and 2/4 to indicate musical time; this
has not been standardised.
Page 199: Love another like sister and brother is probably a mistake
(Love one another like sister and brother).
Page 336/7: The original work does not give a source or authority for
variation XXV.
Changes made to the original text:
Footnotes have been moved to end of the description of the game.
Sources (when printed in smaller type in the original work) have been
moved to a separate line where necessary.
Volume I.
The Errata have already been changed in the text.
Gallovidian Encyclopedia/Encyclopædia has been standardised to
Gallovidian Encyclopædia.
Page xvi: Conqueror changed to Conqueror or Conkers (as in text)
Page xvii: Duckstone was missing from the list and has been added
Page xix: Lend me your Key was missing from the list and has been added
Page 19: we'll go the king changed to we'll go to the king
Page 24: Hurstmonceaux changed to Hurstmonceux (as elsewhere)
Page 56: he jostled away changed to be jostled away
Page 128: [They pull him out. changed to [They pull him out.]
Page 180 (table) row 16: [ added before Write
Page 270: so that won’t do changed to so _that_ won’t do (as elsewhere
in the song)
Page 329: cul léve changed to cul levé (as in Nares's work)
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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