In and Out of the Dusty Bluebells
This game is also known as "In and out the Scottish bluebells" or "Dusky bluebells".

You will need

A group of people

How to play

Everyone stands in a circle, holding hands and raising their arms to make a series of arches. One person is IT and skips in and out of the arches. At the same time, the circle sings:

In and out the dusty bluebells,
In and out the dusty bluebells,
In and out the dusty bluebells,
Who will be my partner?

Then, the person who is IT stops behind a member of the circle and the circle sings:

Give a little pit-a-pat on her shoulder,
Give a little pit-a-pat on her shoulder,
Give a little pit-a-pat on her shoulder,
You will be my partner.

Whoever has been patted on the shoulder stands behind IT and holds onto their waist. They then skip in and out of the arches together while the circle sings, with the person behind holding on to the leader's waist. The chain gets longer and longer until there are not enough people to form the circle.

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