Hidden Lives Revealed - At play: Oranges and Lemons

Two older girls form the archway for this game of 'oranges and lemons'. This game, which originated in the 17th century, was played by singing the popular nursery rhyme while children danced in line through the archway. It ended when the children forming the archway let their arms fall down around one 'captured' child.

Ref: WS53
Title: Oranges and Lemons
Date: 1900
Location: Brighton Home for Girls, Sussex (Egremont Place)
Creator: Unknown, taken from Our Waifs and Strays, June 1900, page 311

Description:
Two older girls form the archway for this game of 'oranges and lemons'. This game, which originated in the 17^th century, was played by singing the popular nursery rhyme while children danced in line through the archway. It ended when the children forming the archway let their arms fall down around one 'captured' child.

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