What is the origin of the children's game

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What is the origin of the children's game 'What's the time Mr Wolf?'

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This game is the same format as "grandma's footsteps", but with a wolf in place of grandma. The wolf stands at the other end of the room, facing the rest of the group. The rest of the group ask, "what's the time, mr wolf?". The wolf then says a time between 1 and 12, for example, "three o'clock." The group would then take three steps forward. This continues until the group is very close to the wolf. Then the wolf can say "dinner time!" and has to try and catch as many group members as they can, before they all run back to the other end of the room.

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