ID: 1582
Date: 1900 - 1920s
Title: Here we go round the Mulberry Bush
Gender: Male and Female 
Classification: Game 
Rhyme: 

Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
So early on [Monday] morning.

This is the way we scrub the floor..
This is the way we go to school..
This is the way we clean our teeth..
This is the way we wash our clothes..
This is the way we go to church..

(NZ, 1900-1920s)

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Background Info: Referred to by Sutton-Smith, 1959:19 as a pantomime game. Children mime the relevant actions.

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"This renowned game, which Alice found herself taking part in when she tried to shake hands with Tweedledum and Tweedledee simultaneously, is carried out in the manner of a medieval carole, the circle of performers dancing round holding hands while they sing the refrain; and standing still, releasing hands, and imitating the action suggested, when they sing the narrative stanza." Opie, 1985:287.

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Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 6 
Incidence: 2