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Grandmother's Footsteps

Also known as What's the Time Mr Wolf, Estatua, Mugunghwa, Un Deux Trois Soleil · Red Light, Green Light

Grandmother's Footsteps: photograph by Jarek Tuszynski
Photo: Jarek Tuszynski, CC BY-SA 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

The watcher turns away while the others creep forward; when the watcher spins round anyone seen moving goes back.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of United Kingdom, France, South Korea.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Celtic and Atlantic Europe.

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