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All In, a Bottle of Gin

All in, a bottle of gin, / All out, a bottle of stout…

In and outLong rope

All in, a bottle of gin,

All out, a bottle of stout.

How to play

When several girls start running in to skip, they say "All in, a bottle of gin", and as they leave at a dash, they cry "All out, a bottle of stout."

Where this rhyme comes from

Printed
1898
Where
Deptford, London

We have copied these words exactly as they were printed in 1898, spelling and all. The book marks it as a skipping rhyme.

Source: Alice Bertha Gomme, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, vol. II (London: David Nutt, 1898), 'Skipping', pp. 200–204. Rhymes collected by Miss Chase (public domain).

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