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• Clapping Game
• Hand and Finger Play
• Physical Play

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At School 16

Players:3
Girls
Age: 11-12
Props: None

Games were: 21 is in, Fingers, Chopsticks, Saw Macadora (unsure of correct spelling) Coconut Crack, Dip Dip Dog Shit.

The girls also gave their variation on 44 Home game and Fumbles (also known as Thumballs)

No text description. There is a video at Museum Victoria. All of these hand and finger games as well as the explanations of 44 Home and Fumbles are included.

At School 02

Players:4
Girls
Age: 6

Girls standing in a small group facing each other. They place their hands on top of one another and then throw them upwards.

At School 08

Players:2
Girls
Age: 9 and 10

Girls played ABC and Patacake. They also invented a funny handshake, which starts by holding onto each other's arm and sliding the hand down the arm onto the hand and ending with a couple of special grips and a wriggle of the fingers as they slide off the hand.

At School 05

Players: Several
Girls
Age: 11

• Hold up 1 finger = I'm not playing
• Tells the others that the player giving the signal is not in the game. This signal is not used when players want to 'pause', because 'that would be cheating'.
• Hold up 2 fingers = I'm not 'It'
• Tells the others that the player giving the signal is not 'It'.
• Hold up 3 fingers = I'm not sure
• Tells the others that the player giving the signal is not sure if she is 'It' or not, so approach carefully.
• Hold up 4 fingers = I'm 'It'
• Tells the others to avoid the player giving the signal, because she is 'It'.
• Hold up crossed fingers = I'm on pause
• Hold up crossed fingers and call out 'Pause!' - tells the others that the player giving the signal is having time out from the game.

At School 06

Players:3
Girls
Age: 11-12

'Handshakes' - a type of clapping game.

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