

A similar game was called "Anka Anka Grå Anka." (duck duck grey duck).

"Duck, Duck, Gray Duck" is a variation primarily played by many Minnesotans The core gameplay difference is that the picker taps the heads of the other players while duck calling (ex: blue duck, red duck, purple duck, etc.) and then calls "gray duck" in place of "goose". The daisy picker goes around the outside, saying "Daisy in the dell, I don't pick you … I do pick you." Duck, Duck, Gray Duck Alternate versions Daisy in the DellĪ variation described in the 1919 book, Entertaining Made Easy by Emily Rose Burt, has children standing in a circle, joining hands. If the "goose" tags "it", the "goose" may return to his or her previous spot and the original "it" restarts the process. If "it" succeeds, the "goose" becomes "it" and the process begins again. The "goose" then rises and tries to tag "it", while "it" tries to return to and sit where the "goose" had been sitting. An animated schematic of how duck, duck, goose is played.Ī group of players sit in a circle, facing inward, while another player, who is "it", walks around tapping or pointing to each player in turn, calling each a " duck" until finally calling one a " goose".
