[Cf. RING-PLAY] n. singing games performed while standing in a large circle: The Lodge Hall . . was the scene of dances and "big-ring plays" (Wyannie Malone Museum, Hope Town). In the olden days no one knew how to dance. In the early 1900's young people began the big-ring plays. They would stand in a big ring (boy-girl-boy-girl etc.) holding hands and singing songs like "Skip to my Lou" while moving in a circle around the couples in the ring, who would stand with their arms around one another (C. Sawyer, Hope Town). (Gen.)