Dan Dan Thread the Needle

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Dan Dan Thread the Needle  [duchas:4387791]

All the children get into a big line. Two girls get out of the line and catch one anothers hands. Then the line goes in and out under the girls arms and while walking in and out the children sing. Dan Dan thread the needle 'seow seow seow let every body pass but the last man go". The two girls that are out of the ring. One of the two girls is supposed to have an apple and the other a orange. Then one of the girls say "which would you rather have an apple or an orange." If the girls say an apple. The girl which is not in the ring would say "get behind me." The next girl may say when she is asked which she would rather, have she may say a orange or she may say apple and so on until the last girl. Then it ends up in tug o war. Who ever falls is out and the girls that do not fall wins the game.