Abstract
CHILDREN'S games are not only fascinating in themselves but they can also sometimes provide the folklorist or historian with useful evidence of primitive beliefs and practices. A number of them have been known from ancient times and variants of themes well-known in England as well as the methods of play and even the words which accompany the games can be found in many other countries. I was interested to discover, for instance, that the game 'Jenny Jones' or 'Georgina' popular during the last century had a direct parallel in Russia. 'Jenny Jones' is included in Alice B. Gomme's now classic collection The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland, (London 1894-9) where it is described as being popular and widespread. To play the game the girls split in two groups, Jenny Jones and her nurse in the one and Jenny's friends in the other. The friends, holding hands in a straight line advance towards Jenny asking if they may see her:
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