CCXII. [This is acted by two or more girls, who walk or dance up and down, turning, when they say, turn, cheeses, turn.' The green cheeses,' as I am informed, are made with sage and potato-tops. Two girls are said to be cheese and cheese."] GREEN cheese, yellow laces, Up and down the market-places, CCXIII. RIDE a cock-horse to Coventry-cross; CCXIV. RIDE a cock-horse to Banbury-cross, CCXV. To market ride the gentlemen, So do we, so do we; Then comes the country clown, Hobbledy gee, Hobbledy gee; First go the ladies, nim, nim, nim: Next come the gentlemen, trim trim, trim; Then come the country clowns, gallop-a-trot. CCXVI. [Song set to five toes.] 1. LET us go to the wood, says this pig; 2. What to do there? says that pig; 3. To look for my mother, says this pig; 4. What to do with her? says that pig; 5. Kiss her to death, says this pig. CCXVII. [A number of boys and girls stand round one in the middle, who repeats the following lines, counting the children until one is counted out by the end of the verses.] RING me (1), ring me (2), ring me rary (3), A virgin (6) goes a maying (7), Here's a flower (8), and there's a flower (9), If you set your foot awry (11), [The child upon whom (14) falls is then taken out and forced to select one of the other sex. The middle child then proceeds.) This [lady or gentleman] is none of ours, Has put [him or her] self in [the selected child's] power, So clap all hands, and ring all bells, and make the wedding o'er. [All clap hands.] [If the child taken by lot joins in the clapping, the selected child is rejected, and, I think, takes the middle place. Otherwise, I think, there is a salute.] CCXVIII. [Another game, played exclusively by boys. Two, who are fixed upon for the purpose, leave the group, and privately arrange that the pass-word shall be some implement of a particular trade. The trade is announced in the dialogue, and then the fun is, that the unfortunate wight who guesses the tool' is beaten with the caps of his fellows till he reaches a fixed goal, after which he goes out in turn.] "Two broken tradesmen, Newly come over, The one from France and Scotland, "What's your trade?" [Carpenters, nailors, smiths, tinkers, or any other is answered, and on guessing the instrument 'plane him, hammer him, rasp him, or solder him,' is called out respectively during the period of punishment.] CCXIX. THIS is the key of the kingdom. On that bed there is a basket. In that basket there are some flowers. Flowers in the basket, basket in the bed, bed in the room, &c. &c. CCXX. CLAP hands, clap hands, Did you see my good man?- Silken stockings on his legs, CCXXI. [A song set to five fingers.] 1. THIS pig went to market; CCXXII. [Children hunting bats.] BAT, bat, (clap hands,) Come under my hat, And I'll give you a slice of bacon; And when I bake, I'll give you a cake, If I am not mistaken. CCXXIII. [A game at ball.] CUCKOO, cherry tree, Catch a bird, and give it to me; CCXXIV. Two of the strongest children are selected, A and B.; A stands within a ring of the children, в being outside.] A. WHO is going round my sheepfold? B. Only poor old Jacky Lingo. A. Don't steal any of my black sheep. Up, says Jacky Lingo. (Strikes one.) [The child struck leaves the ring, and takes hold of B behind; B in the same manner takes the other children, one by one, gradually increasing his tail on each repetition of the verses, until he has got the whole: A then tries to get them back; B runs away with them; they try to shelter themselves behind B; A drags them off, one by one, setting them against a wall, until he has recovered all. A regular tearing game, as children say.] CCXXV. HIGHTY Cock O! To York we ride; And Edward has pussy-cat tied to his side; |