Down by the Banks
- Players: 5 – 15
- Duration: 10 - 15 min
- Free to play
How to play
Sit in a circle, each player's right hand resting palm-up on their neighbor's left palm. As the group chants the traditional rhyme — "Down by the banks of the hanky panky…" — each player claps their right hand onto the next person's palm, passing the beat around the circle. Whoever would be slapped on the rhyme's final word must yank their hand away in time; too slow and they're out. Circles shrink until two players face off in a tense two-hand duel.
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