A progressive role-playing ring game.
A progressive role-playing ring game. A "farmer" is chosen in the center, who sequentially chooses a "wife," a "child," a "nurse," and pets. The game takes a unique Jamaican turn as the entire line breaks out into an erratic, zigzagging chase across the yard to an upbeat cadence.
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