CCLXIX. THERE was an old man of Tobago, His physician said this "To a leg, sir, of mutton you may go." CCLXX. Он, dear, what can the matter be? And the other staid till Saturday. CCLXXI. THERE was an old man, And he had a calf, And that's half; He took him out of the stall, CCLXXII. FATHER SHORT came down the lane, Oh! I'm obliged to hammer and smite From four in the morning till eight at night, For a bad master, and a worse dame. CCLXXIII. THERE was an old woman called Nothingat-all, Who rejoiced in a dwelling exceedingly small: A man stretched his mouth to its utmost extent, And down at one gulp house and old woman went. CCLXXIV. THERE was an old woman of Norwich, She turned cloak into gown, CCLXXV. A LITTLE old man of Derby, How do you think he served me? CCLXXVI. THERE was an old woman in Surrey, Drove the children to school, The worrying old woman of Surrey. TENTH CLASS-GAMES. CCLXXVII. [Rhymes used by children to decide who is to begin a game.] NE-ERY, two-ery, Ziccary zan; Hollow bone, crack a bone, Ninery, ten: Spittery spot, It must be done; Twiddleum twaddleum, Twenty-one. Hink spink, the puddings stink, Nobody at home, but jumping Joan, Blind man can't see, Every knave will have a slave, CCLXXVIII. [A game of the Fox. In a children's game, where all the little actors are seated in a circle, the following stanza is used as question and answer.] WHO goes round my house this night? CCLXXIX. DANCE, Thumbkin, dance, [Keep the thumb in motion. Dance, ye merrymen, every one: [All the fingers in motion. For Thumbkin, he can dance alone, [The thumb only moving. Thumbkin, he can dance alone, [Ditto. Dance, Foreman, dance, [The first finger moving. Dance, ye merrymen, every one; [The whole moving. But Foreman, he can dance alone, [And so on with the others-naming the 2d finger Longman—the 3d finger Ringman-and the 4th finger Littleman. Littleman cannot dance alone.] CCLXXX. [The following is used by schoolboys, when two are starting to run a race.] ONE to make ready, And two to prepare ; And away goes the mare. CCLXXXI. [At the conclusion, the captive is privately asked if he will have oranges or lemons (the two leaders of the arch having previously agreed which desig nation shall belong to each), and he goes behind the one he may chance to name. When all are thus divided into two parties, they conclude the game by trying to pull each other beyond a certain line.] GAY go up and gay go down, Bull's eyes and targets, Say the bells of St. Marg❜ret's. Brickbats and tiles, Say the bells of St. Giles'. Halfpence and farthings, Say the bells of St. Martin's. Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of St. Clement's. |