Gomme. Traditional Games

Today's free book is The traditional games of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Alice Bertha Gomme (1898). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg (I have not checked for other online sources).


Table of Contents

Volume 1

Accroshay.
All-hid.
All a Row.
All in the Well.
All the Birds in the Air.
All the Boys in our Town.
All the Fishes in the Sea.
All the Soldiers in the Town.
Allicomgreenzie.
Alligoshee.
Almonds and Reasons.
Angel and Devil.
Auntieloomie.
Babbity Bowster.
Bad.
Baddin.
Badger the Bear.
Bag o’ Malt.
Ball.
Ball and Bonnets.
Ball in the Decker.
Ball of Primrose.
Baloon.
Bandy-ball.
Bandy-cad.
Bandy-hoshoe.
Bandy-wicket.
Banger.
Bar.
Barbarie, King of the.
Barley-break.
Barnes (Mr.).
Base-ball.
Basket.
Battledore and Shuttlecock.
Bedlams or Relievo.
Beds.
Bell-horses.
Bellie-mantie.
Belly-blind.
Bend-leather.
Betsy Bungay.
Bicky.
Biddy-base.
Biggly.
Billet.
Billy-base.
Bingo.
Bird-apprentice.
Birds, Beasts, and Fishes.
Bittle-battle.
Bitty-base.
Black Man’s Tig.
Black Thorn.
Blind Bell.
Blind Bucky Davy.
Blind Harie.
Blind Hob.
Blind Man’s Buff.
Blind Man’s Stan.
Blind Nerry Mopsy.
Blind Palmie.
Blind Sim.
Block, Hammer, and Nail.
Blow-point.
Bob Cherry.
Boggle about the Stacks.
Boggle-bush.
Bonnety.
Booman.
Boss-out.
Boss and Span.
Boys and Girls.
Branks.
Bridgeboard.
Broken-down Tradesmen.
Brother Ebenezer.
Bubble-hole.
Bubble-justice.
Buck, Buck.
Buck i’ t’ Neucks.
Buckerels.
Buckey-how.
Buff.
Buk-hid.
Bull in the Park.
Bulliheisle.
Bummers.
Bun-hole.
Bunch of Ivy.
Bung the Bucket.
Bunting.
Burly Whush.
Buttons.
Buzz and Bandy.
Cache-pole.
Caiche.
Call-the-Guse.
Camp.
Canlie.
Capie-Hole.
Carrick.
Carry my Lady to London.
Carrying the Queen a Letter.
Cashhornie.
Castles.
Cat and Dog.
Cat-Beds.
Cat’s Cradle.
Cat-gallows.
Cat i’ the Hole.
Cat after Mouse.
Catchers.
Chacke-Blyndman.
Chance Bone.
Change Seats.
Checkstone.
Cherry Odds.
Cherry-pit.
Chicamy.
Chickidy Hand.
Chinnup.
Chinny-mumps.
Chock or Chock-hole.
Chow.
Chuck-farthing.
Chuck-hole.
Chucks.
Church and Mice.
Click.
Click, Clock, Cluck.
Clowt-clowt.
Clubby.
Coal under Candlestick.
Cob.
Cobbin-match.
Cobble.
Cobbler’s Hornpipe.
Cob-nut.
Cock.
Cock-battler.
Cock-fight.
Cock-haw.
Cock-stride.
Cockertie-hooie.
Cockle-bread.
Cockly-jock.
Cock’s-headling.
Cock-steddling.
Codlings.
Cogger.
Cogs.
Common.
Conkers.
Conquerors or Conkers.
Contrary, Rules of.
Cop-halfpenny.
Corsicrown.
Cots and Twisses.
Course o’ Park.
Crab-sowl.
Crates.
Cricket.
Crooky.
Cross and Pile.
Cross-bars.
Cross-questions.
Cross Tig.
Cry Notchil.
Cuck-ball.
Cuckoo.
Cuddy and the Powks.
Cudgel.
Curcuddie.
Curly Locks.
Currants and Raisins.
Cushion Dance.
Cutch a Cutchoo.
Cutters and Trucklers.
Dab.
Dab-an-thricker.
Dab-at-the-hole.
Dalies.
Davie-drap.
Deadily.
Diamond Ring.
Dibbs.
Dinah.
Dip o’ the Kit.
Dish-a-loof.
Doddart.
Doncaster Cherries.
Dools.
Down in the Valley.
Drab and Norr.
Draw a Pail of Water.
Drawing Dun out of the Mire.
Drop Handkerchief.
Dropping the Letter.
Duck under the Water.
Duck at the Table.
Duck Dance.
Duck Friar.
Ducks and Drakes.
Duckstone.
Duffan Ring.
Dumb Crambo.
Dumb Motions.
Dump.
Dumps.
Dust-point.
Eller Tree.
Ezzeka.
Father’s Fiddle.
Feed the Dove.
Find the Ring.
Fippeny Morrell.
Fire, Air, and Water.
Fivestones.
Flowers.
Follow my Gable.
Follow my Leader.
Fool, Fool, come to School.
Foot and Over.
Football.
Forfeits.
Fox.
Fox and Goose (1).
Fox and Geese (2).
Fox in the Fold.
Fox in the Hole.
French Jackie.
French and English.
French Blindman’s Buff.
Friar-rush.
Frincy-francy.
Frog-lope.
Frog in the Middle.
Gap.
Garden Gate.
Gegg.
Genteel Lady.
Ghost at the Well.
Giants.
Giddy.
Gilty-galty.
Gipsy.
Gled-wylie.
Glim-glam.
Gobs.
Green Grass.
Green Gravel.
Green Grow the Leaves (1).
Green Grow the Leaves (2).
Gully.
Hairry my Bossie.
Half-Hammer.
Han’-and-Hail.
Hand in and Hand out.
Handy-Croopen.
Handy Dandy.
Hap the Beds.
Hard Buttons.
Hare and Hounds.
Harie Hutcheon.
Hark the Robbers.
Hats in Holes.
Hattie.
Hawkey.
Headicks and Pinticks.
Heads and Tails.
Hecklebirnie.
Hen and Chicken.
Here comes a Lusty Wooer.
Here comes One Virgin.
Here I sit on a Cold Green Bank.
Here stands a Young Man.
Here we go around, around.
Here’s a Soldier.
Hewley Puley.
Hey Wullie Wine.
Hickety, Bickety.
Hickety-hackety.
Hick, Step, and Jump.
Hide and Seek (1).
Hide and Seek (2).
Hinch-Pinch.
Hinmost o’ Three.
Hirtschin Hairy.
Hiry-hag.
Hiss and Clap.
Hitch, Jamie, Stride and Loup.
Hitchapagy.
Hitchy Cock Ho.
Hity Tity.
Hoatie, Hots.
Hob-in-the-Hall.
Hockerty Cokerty.
Hockey.
Hoges.
Ho-go.
Hoilakes.
Holy Bang.
Honey Pots.
Hood.
Hoodle-cum-blind.
Hoodman Blind.
Hooper’s Hide.
Hop-crease.
Hop-frog.
Hop-score.
Hop-scotch.
Hop, Step, and Jump.
Hornie.
Hornie Holes.
Horns.
Hot Cockles.
How many Miles to Babylon.
Howly.
Huckie-buckie down the Brae.
Huckle-bones.
Hummie.
Hundreds.
Hunt the Hare.
Hunt the Slipper.
Hunt the Staigie.
Hunting.
Hurling.
Hurly-burly.
Huss.
Hustle Cap.
Hynny-pynny.
Isabella.
Jack’s Alive.
Jack, Jack, the Bread’s a-burning.
Jack upon the Mopstick.
Jackysteauns.
Jauping Paste-eggs.
Jenny Jones.
Jenny Mac.
Jib-Job-Jeremiah.
Jiddy-cum-jiddy.
Jingle-the-bonnet.
Jingo-ring.
Jinkie.
Jock and Jock’s Man.
Jockie Blind-man.
Joggle along.
Johnny Rover.
Jolly Fishermen.
Jolly Hooper.
Jolly Miller.
Jolly Rover.
Jolly Sailors.
Jowls.
Jud.
Keeling the Pot.
Keppy Ball.
Kibel and Nerspel.
King by your leave.
King Cæsar.
King Come-a-lay.
King of Cantland.
King o’ the Castle.
King Plaster Palacey.
King William.
King’s Chair.
Kirk the Gussie.
Kiss in the Ring.
Kit-cat.
Kit-cat-cannio.
Kittlie-cout.
Knapsack.
Knights.
Knocked at the Rapper.
Knor and Spell.
Lab.
Lady of the Land.
Lady on the Mountain.
Lady on Yonder Hill.
Lag.
Lammas.
Lamploo.
Lang Larence.
Leap Candle.
Leap-frog.
Leap the Bullock.
Leaves are Green.
Lend me your Key.
Letting the Buck out.
Level-coil.
Libbety-lat.
Limpy Coley.
Little Dog, I call you.
Lobber.
Loggats.
London.
London Bridge.
Long-duck.
Long Tag.
Long Tawl.
Long Terrace.
Loup the Bullocks.
Lubin.
Lug and a Bite.
Luggie.
Luking.
Mag.
Magic Whistle.
Magical Music.
Malaga Raisins.
Marbles.
Mary Brown.
Mary mixed a Pudding up.
Merrils.
Merritot.
Merry-ma-tansa.
Milking Pails.
Mineral, Animal, and Vegetable.
Minister’s Cat.
Mollish’s Land.
Monday, Tuesday.
Moolie Pudding.
More Sacks to the Mill.
Mother, may I go out to Play?
Mother Mop.
Mother, Mother, the Pot boils over.
Mount the Tin.
Mouse and the Cobbler.
Muffin Man.
Mulberry Bush.
Munshets.
Musical Chairs.
Nacks.
Namers and Guessers.
Neighbour.
Neivie-nick-nack.
Nettles.
New Squat.
Nine Holes.
Nine Men’s Morris.
Nip-srat-and-bite.
Nitch, Notch, No-Notch.
Not.
Noughts and Crosses.
Nur and Spel.
Nuts in May.

VOLUME 2

Oats and Beans and Barley.
Obadiah.
Odd or Even.
Odd-man.
Old Dame.
Old Roger is Dead.
Old Soldier.
Oliver, Oliver, follow the King.
One Catch-all.
Oranges and Lemons.
’Otmillo.
Over Clover.
Paddy from Home.
Paip.
Pallall.
Pally Ully.
Pat-ball.
Pay-swad.
Pednameny.
Peesie Weet.
Peg and Stick.
Peg-fiched.
Peggy Nut.
Peg-in-the-Ring.
Peg-top.
Penny Cast.
Penny Hop.
Penny Prick.
Penny Stanes.
Phœbe.
Pick and Hotch.
Pi-cow.
Pigeon Walk.
Pig-ring.
Pillie-Winkie.
Pinch.
Pinny Show.
Pins.
Pirley Pease-weep.
Pitch.
Pitch and Hustle.
Pitch and Toss.
Pit-counter.
Pits.
Pize Ball.
Plum Pudding.
Plum Pudding and Roast Beef.
Pointing out a Point.
Poncake.
Poor and Rich.
Poor Mary sits a-weeping.
Poor Widow.
Pop Goes the Weasel.
Pop-the-Bonnet.
Poppet-Show.
Port the Helm.
Pots, or Potts.
Pray, Pretty Miss.
Pretty Little Girl of Mine.
Pretty Miss Pink.
Prick at the Loop.
Prickey Sockey.
Prickie and Jockie.
Priest-Cat (1).
Priest-Cat (2).
Priest of the Parish.
Prisoner’s Base.
Puff-the-Dart.
Pun o’ mair Weight.
Punch Bowl.
Purposes.
Push in the Wash Tub.
Push Pin.
Push the Business On.
Puss in the Corner.
Pussy’s Ground.
Pyramid.
Quaker.
Quaker’s Wedding.
Queen Anne.
Queen Mary.
Queen of Sheba.
Ragman.
Rag-stag.
Rakes and Roans.
Rakkeps.
Range the Bus.
Rax, or Raxie-boxie, King of Scotland.
Relievo.
Religious Church.
Rigs.
Ring.
Ring a Ring o’ Roses.
Ring by Ring.
Ringie, Ringie, Red Belt.
Ring-me-rary.
Ring-taw.
Rin-im-o’er.
Robbing the Parson’s Hen-Roost.
Rockety Row.
Roll up Tobacco.
Roly-poly.
Ronin the Bee.
Rosy Apple, Lemon and Pear.
Roundabout, or Cheshire Round.
Round and Round the Village.
Round and Round went the Gallant Ship.
Round Tag.
Rounders.
Rounds.
Row-chow-Tobacco.
Rowland-Ho.
Rumps.
Rusty.
Sacks.
Saddle the Nag.
Saggy.
Sailor Lad.
Sally go Round the Moon.
Sally Water.
Sally Sober.
Salmon Fishers.
Salt Eel.
Save All.
Say Girl.
Scat.
Scop-peril.
Scotch-hoppers.
Scots and English.
Scratch Cradle.
Scrush.
Scurran-Meggy.
See-Saw.
See-Sim.
Shame Reel, or Shamit Dance.
She Said, and She Said.
Shepherd and Sheep.
Shepherds.
Shinney, or Shinty, or Shinnops.
Ship.
Ship Sail.
Shiver the Goose.
Shoeing the Auld Mare.
Shue-Gled-Wylie.
Shuttlefeather.
Shuvvy-Hawle.
Silly Old Man.
Skin the Goatie.
Skipping.
Skyte the Bob.
Smuggle the Gig.
Snail Creep.
Snapping Tongs.
Snatch Apple.
Snatch Hood.
Soldier.
Solomon.
Sort’em-billyort’em.
Sow-in-the-Kirk.
Span Counter.
Spang and Purley.
Spangie.
Spannims.
Spawnie.
Spinny-Wye.
Splints.
Spurn point.
Spy-arm.
Stacks.
Stag.
Stagging.
Steal the Pigs.
Stealy Clothes.
Steik and Hide.
Sticky-stack.
Sticky Toffey.
Stiff Police.
Stik-n Snael.
Stocks.
Stones.
Stool-ball.
Strik a Licht.
Stroke.
Stroke Bias.
Sun and Moon.
Sunday Night.
Sun Shines.
Sweer Tree.
Swinging.
Tait.
Teesty-Tosty.
Teter-cum-Tawter.
Tee-to-tum.
Thimble Ring.
Thing done.
Thread the Needle.
Three Days’ Holidays.
Three Dukes.
Three Flowers.
Three Holes.
Three Jolly Welshmen.
Three Knights from Spain.
Three Little Ships.
Three Old Bachelors.
Three Sailors.
Through the Needle Eye, Boys.
Thun’er Spell.
Tick.
Tickle me Quickly.
Ticky Touchwood.
Tig.
Time.
Tip it.
Tip-Cat.
Tip-tap-toe.
Tiring Irons.
Tisty Tosty.
Titter-totter.
Tit-tat-toe.
Tods and Lambs.
Tom Tiddler’s Ground.
Tops.
The Totum, or Tee-to-tum.
Touch.
Tower of London.
Town Lovers.
Trades.
Trap, Bat, and Ball.
Tray-trip.
Tres-acre.
Tribet.
Trippit and Coit.
Trip and Go.
Trip-trout.
Troap.
Troco, Trucks.
Troule-in-Madame.
Trounce-Hole.
Troy Town.
Truncher.
Trunket.
Truss.
Tuilyie-wap.
Turn, Cheeses, Turn.
Turn Spit Jack.
Turn the Ship.
Turn the Trencher, or, My Lady’s Toilet.
Turvey.
Tutt-ball.
Twelve Days of Christmas.
Twelve Holes.
Uncle John is Ill in Bed.
Up the Streets.
Wadds and the Wears (1).
Wadds and the Wears (2).
Waggles.
Wallflowers.
Warney.
Way-Zaltin.
We are the Rovers.
Weary.
Weave the Diaper.
Weigh the Butter.
When I was a Young Girl.
Whiddy.
Whigmeleerie.
Whip.
Whishin Dance.
Who goes round my Stone Wall.
Widow.
Wiggle-Waggle.
Wild Boar.
Wild Birds.
Willie, Willie Wastell.
Wind up the Bush Faggot.
Wind, The.
Wink-egg.
Witch, The.
Witte-Witte-Way.
Wolf.
Wolf and the Lamb.
Would you know how doth the Peasant.

Addenda:

A’ the Birdies.
All the Boys.
American Post.
As I was Walking.
Auld Grannie.
Ball.
Bannockburn.
Black Doggie.
Bonnet Ridgie.
Button.
Canlie.
Carry my Lady to London.
Cat and Dog Hole.
Catch the Salmond.
Chicken come Clock.
Chippings, or Cheapings.
Chucks.
Churning.
Codham, or Codhams.
Colley Ball.
Dan’l my Man.
Deil amo’ the Dishes.
Dig for Silver.
Dillsee Dollsie Dee.
Doagan.
Down in Yonder Meadow.
Draw a Pail of Water.
Drop Handkerchief.
Dumb Crambo.
Dump.
Eendy, Beendy.
Farmer’s Den.
Fire on the Mountains.
Fool, Fool, come to School.
French Jackie.
Galloping, Galloping.
Gallant Ship.
Galley, Galley Ship.
Glasgow Ships.
Granny’s Needle.
Green Gravel.
Green Grass.
Green Grass (2).
Heap the Cairn.
Hear all!
Hen and Chickens.
High Windows.
Hot Cockles.
Hulla-balloo-ballee.
Isabella.
Jenny Jones.
Jockie Rover.
Jolly Lads.
Jolly Miller.
Keys of Heaven.
Kick the Block.
Lady of the Land.
Leap-Frog.
London Bridge.
Lubin, Looby Loo.
Magician.
Mannie on the Pavement.
Merry-ma-Tanza.
Milking Pails.
My Delight’s in Tansies.
Namer and Guesser.
Needle Cases.
Nuts in May.
Odd Man.
Old Cranny Crow.
Old Johanny Hairy, Crap in!
Paper of Pins.
Pickie.
Poor Widow.
Queen Anne.
Rashes.
Sally Water.
Shuffle the Brogue.
Soldiers, Soldiers.
Three Dukes.
Three Knights.
Tug of War.
We are the Rovers.
When I was a Young Girl.