Tom Tiddler's Ground Tom Tiddler's Ground

Tom Tiddler's Ground

Publisher Description

Tom Tidler's Ground, also called Tom Tiddler's Ground or Tommy Tiddler's Ground, is an ancient children's game in which one player, "Tom Tidler, " stands on a heap of stones, gravel, etc. ; other players rush on the heap, crying "Here I am on Tom Tidler's ground, " while Tom tries to capture the invaders or keep them off. By extension, the phrase has come to mean the ground or tenement of a sluggard, or of one who is easily taken advantage of. The essence of the game lives on in such more modern games as Steal the Bacon and other variants of Tag

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
1861
1 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
41
Pages
PUBLISHER
Public Domain
SIZE
30.2
KB
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