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Age Group: 5+

No. of Players: 3 or more

Indoor: Yes

Outdoor: Yes

Equipment: No

How to play:

Two players stand opposite each other and join hands to make an archway. They decide between them who is "oranges" and who is "lemons" - they don"t tell the other player. The other players line up in a single line and skip through the arch and around again singing the rhyme. When the word "dead" is chanted the arch comes down to catch the player going under it. The player is asked to choose "oranges or lemons" - which every they choose they stand behind that arch player. Rhyme: Oranges and lemons say the bells of St Clements I owe you five farthings say the bells of St Martins When will you pay me say the bells of Old Bailey When I grow rich say the bells of Shoreditch Here comes the candle to light you to bed Here comes the chopper to chop off your head Chip chop chip chop the last person is dead