GG5: a children's game, usually played in winter, in which the children stand in a compact circle with their backs pressed together and push against one another; playing shove and push.
中辞典: a game in which children gather in a circle and bump each other with shoulder and hip until one is pushed out
ルミナス: children's game in which they 「jostle [push against] each other to keep warm

Trying to be less encyclopaedic. (All sorts of games have accompanying chants; I don't think they need to be described in this sort of entry.)

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-<s_inf>accompanied by shouts of 「おしくらまんじゅう、押されて泣くな｣</s_inf>
-<gloss>children's game in which (at least three, generally four or more) people stand in a tight circle, backs inwards, arms linked, and shove vigorously backwards, then pull outwards and repeat (played in winter and fall to warm up)</gloss>
-<gloss>playing push and shove</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2577720">押し競べ・おしくらべ</xref>
+<gloss>children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle</gloss>

GG5 daijr koj ja:WP en:WP
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/おしくらまんじゅう
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshikura_Manju
404,000 押しくらまんじゅう
122,000 押しくら饅頭
 72,000 押し競饅頭
 39,100 おしくら饅頭

Here’s a good illustration:
http://45web.net/osikura_manjyu002.gif
http://45web.net/osikura_manjyuu.htm

* Elaborate explanation, so mechanism and purpose clearer
* Add more spellings
* Add note on the chant, which is mentioned by several sources and is a noted part of the game (I don’t think we need a separate entry on the chant)

@@ -5,0 +5,6 @@
+<keb>押しくらまんじゅう</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>押しくら饅頭</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -6,0 +12,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>おしくら饅頭</keb>
@@ -12,1 +21,3 @@
-<gloss>children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards</gloss>
+<s_inf>accompanied by shouts of 「おしくらまんじゅう、押されて泣くな｣</s_inf>
+<gloss>children's game in which (at least three, generally four or more) people stand in a tight circle, backs inwards, arms linked, and shove vigorously backwards, then pull outwards and repeat (played in winter and fall to warm up)</gloss>
+<gloss>playing push and shove</gloss>

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