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kiss-in-the-ring
An open-air game played by young people of both sexes, who stand in a ring with hands joined, except one who runs round outside the ring and touches (or drops a handkerchief behind) one of the opposite sex, who thereupon leaves the ring and runs after the first, kissing him or her when caught.
1801J. Strutt Sports & Pastimes iv. iv. 285 A boy must touch a girl, and a girl a boy, and when either of them be caught they go into the middle of the ring and salute each other; hence is derived the name of kiss in the ring. 1825Hone Every-day Bk. I. 691 There were several parties playing at ‘Kiss in the ring’. 1862Guardian 23 Apr. 386/2 Kiss-in-the-ring once so popular at Sydenham was decidedly at a discount. 1899Westm. Gaz. 10 Aug. 8/2 A peculiar custom on Hampstead Heath for the week following Bank Holiday is the playing of kiss-in-the-ring on a large scale on a special part of the West Heath. 1925W. de la Mare Broomsticks 26 There were quantities of things to eat and lots to see, and Kiss-in-the-Ring. 1936‘R. Crompton’ Sweet William vii. 171 The games were to be Kiss in the Ring, Postman's Knock, Turn the Trencher,..and others of similar kind. 1957J. Masters Far, Far the Mountain Peak i. 5 Why don't I suggest a game of ring-a-ring-a-roses or kiss-in-the-ring? 1969I. & P. Opie Children's Games vi. 201 Throughout the nineteenth century ‘Kiss in the Ring’ was a favourite game at Christmas time and midsummer. |