There may be a short delay before this video plays | Girls playing Hide and seek. © Peter Kennefy. Clip from The Singing Street, 1951, original film available from Folktrax. See About Playground fun for more information.
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| This video shows girls counting, running and playing Hide and seek. It is in black and white and is taken from The Singing Street, a film that was made in 1951.
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| | Like Tig or Tag, Hide and seek is an ancient game having probably been played by children for hundreds or even thousands of years.
An ancient Greek writer called Julius Pollux wrote a dictionary of words in around AD 180 (nearly 2,000 years ago). He describes a game called Apodidraskinda which sounds like Hide and seek.
In Tudor times (500 years ago) it was a very popular game too. A book written by Richard Huloet in 1572 describes a game called King by your leave. In this game, IT (the seeker) was called King. The first to get back to base without being seen was the winner and was King next.
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