london-bridge-is-falling-down

Updated: June 27, 2025

She would not even let Maida play “London-Bridge-is-falling-down” or “drop the handkerchief”—anything, in fact, in which she would have to run or pull.

Inez Haynes Gillmore - Maida's Little Shop

Here was a child who had never played, “London-Bridge-is-falling-down” or jackstones or jump-rope or hop-scotch. Yet she talked familiarly of automobiles, yachts and horses.

Inez Haynes Gillmore - Maida's Little Shop