--Moor s _Suffolk Glossary_. See Fool, fool, come to School, Little Dog, I call you. All the Soldiers in the Town [Music] All the soldiers in the town, They all bop down. --Sporle, Norfolk (Miss Matthews). The children form into a ring and sing the above words. They bop down at the close of the verse. To bop means in the Suffolk dialect to stoop or bow the head. --Moor. Allicomgreenzie A little amusing game played by young girls at country schools. The same as Drop Handkerchief, except that the penalty for not following exactly the course of the child pursued is to stand in the circle, face out, all the game afterwards; if she succeed in catching the one, the one caught must so stand, and the other take up the cap and go round as before (Mactaggart s _Gallovidian Encyclopædia_).
--Belfast (W. H. Patterson). IV. Up the plain and down the plain, As stippy [slippery] as a glass, We will go to Mrs. ---- To find a pretty lass. [Annie] with her rosy cheeks, Catch her if you can, And if you cannot catch her I ll tell you who s the man. [Annie] made a pudding, She made it very sweet; She daren t stick a knife in Till George came home at neet [night]. Taste [George], taste, and don t say Nay! Perhaps to-morrow morning ll be our wedding day. [The bells shall ring, and we shall sing, And all clap hands together.
=_ Howell’s Settling. | T | _=No. 4.=_ Auction Hearts. Z dealt, and A leads for | R | A, the successful first trick. | I | bidder, names Hearts. --------------------------------+ C +-------------------------------- A Y B Z | K | A Y B Z --------+-------+-------+-------+---+-------+-------+-------+-------- 10♢ | J♢ | 9♢ | _K♢_ | 1| ♡5 | ♡8 | ♡6 | _♡J_ 7♢ | 6♢ | 8♢ | _Q♢_ | 2| Q♢ | 4♢ | 8♢ | _A♢_ ♣4 | ♣9 | ♣J | _♣A_ | 3| J♢ | _K♢_ | 7♢ | 10♢ ♣2 | ♣8 | ♣5 | _♣K_ | 4| _A♠_ | 7♠ | 6♠ | 10♠ J♠ | 8♠ | K♠ | _A♠_ | 5| ♡7 | _♡A_ | ♡4 | ♡10 5♠ | 7♠ | _Q♠_ | 10♠ | 6| _K♠_ | 3♠ | 5♠ | 9♠ 4♠ | _6♠_ | 3♠ | 2♠ | 7| ♡Q | _♡K_ | ♡3 | ♣9 ♡5 | ♡3 | _♡8_ | ♡4 | 8| ♡9 | ♣J | ♣10 | _♣Q_ _♡A_ | ♡J | ♡7 | 5♢ | 9| _Q♠_ | ♣6 | 4♠ | 8♠ ♡9 | ♡2 | _♡K_ | ♣Q | 10| _J♠_ | ♣5 | ♣A | 2♠ A♢ | _♡10_ | ♡6 | 9♠ | 11| 6♢ | ♣4 | 5♢ | _9♢_ 4♢ | ♣3 | ♡Q | _♣10_ | 12| 2♢ | ♣3 | _♣K_ | ♣8 2♢ | _♣7_ | 3♢ | ♣6 | 13| ♡2 | ♣2 | _3♢_ | ♣7 --------+-------+-------+-------+---+-------+-------+-------+-------- A 3 Y 2 B 7 Z 1 A 0 Y 7 B 1 Z 5 Z wins 9; Y 5; A 1; B loses 15. A wins the pool. _=No. 3.
518, says it is now (1850) danced with a handkerchief instead of a cushion as formerly, and no words are used, but later correspondents contradict this. See also _N. and Q._, iii. 282. (_d_) Two important suggestions occur as to this game. First, that the dance was originally the indication at a marriage ceremony for the bride and bridegroom to retire with the bowster to the nuptial couch. Secondly, that it has degenerated in Southern Britain to the ordinary Drop Handkerchief games of kiss in the ring. The preservation of this Bab at the Bowster example gives the clue both to the origin of the present game in an obsolete marriage custom, and to the descent of the game to its latest form. See Cushion Dance.
This is based on the sound principle that the odds are five to four in favour of your partner having one of the Pedroes, which he will immediately give up if you lead the ace. The odds are five to two that your partner will hold one or more of any three named counting cards which you do not hold. If you have no Pedro, count on him for one, and if you have King and Queen, you can risk his having a guard to it, and bid as if you were sure of getting his Pedro home. If you have none of the points for High, Low, Jack, or Game, or only one of them, count on him for one at least, and bid accordingly. It is very difficult to give exact rules for bidding, the state of the score having much to do with it; but as a general rule it is much better to bid on _=catching cards=_ than on the points themselves. For instance: A K Q of trumps should certainly be good for eight points; some players habitually bid twelve on them, reckoning to catch both Pedroes and one of the minor points. This is risky unless there are one or two small trumps with the A K Q. On the other hand, two Pedroes, with Jack and Low, are not worth bidding more than five on; because it is very unlikely that you will save more than one of the Pedroes, if that. The very fact that you bid five diminishes your chances, for you betray the fact that your only hope is to save a well-guarded Pedro. Long experience with players who bid their hands correctly will give a player a very good idea of what the bidder has in his hand.
Every card faced upon the table otherwise than in the regular course of play. 2. Two or more cards played to a trick; the adversaries may elect which shall be played. 3. Any card named by the player holding it. The adversary on the right of an exposed card must call it before he plays himself. If it will be the turn of the player holding the exposed card to lead for the next trick, the card, if wanted, must be called before the current trick is turned and quitted. Should a player having the lead, and an exposed card in front of him, play before the previous trick is turned and quitted, the card so led may also be claimed as exposed. If a trump is exposed after the trump suit has been named, the adversaries may prevent the playing of such a card; but the holder of it is not liable to any penalty for a revoke under such circumstances. _=Leading Out of Turn.
Headicks and Pinticks This game was played only at Christmas. The number of players was two. The stakes were pins. One player laid in the hollow of the hand, or on one of the forefingers, a pin, and then placed the other forefinger over it so as to conceal it. He then held up his hand to his opponent and said, Headicks or pinticks? His opponent made a guess by pointing with his finger and saying Headicks, or Pinticks. If the guess was correct he gained the pin, but if it was incorrect he forfeited one. The players played alternately.--Keith (Rev. W. Gregor).
They don t seem to mind it so much if it comes from a piece of white trash that never could be no account. By the time I was twelve or so I had learned to act just a little stupid and corn-fed. * * * * * This, her longest speech, she delivered in quiet, Neutral American, the speech that covers the great prairie states and is as near accentless and pure as American English ever is. It branded her Ozark twang as a lie, and a great many other things about her. But it added something very solid to her claims of prophecy. All this, I said. Because you see the future? Yes, Billy Joe. And this talk about losing your prophecy because of divorce was just that, talk? I insisted. Her mouth worked silently. I talk like trash, and sometimes I start to think like it, she confessed.
The number discarded and drawn, if any, must be distinctly announced by each player, including the dealer; and the fresh cards must be given face down from the top of the pack, without any further shuffling or cutting. Each player must receive the entire number he asks for before the next player is helped. No player shall receive from the dealer more or fewer than he discards; so that if he is playing with a short hand, such as four cards only, he will still have four cards after the draw; and if his hand was originally foul, it will so remain. _=23. Exposed Cards.=_ In dealing for the draw, should any card be found faced in the pack, or should any card be exposed by the dealer in giving out the cards, or be blown over by the wind before the player has touched it, such cards must be placed on the table with the discards. The player whose card has been exposed does not receive another in its place until all the other players, including the dealer, have been helped. _=24. Incorrect Draws.=_ Should any player ask for an incorrect number of cards, he must take them; unless he discovers the error before the next player has been helped.
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X. Green gravels, green gravels, the grass is so green, Fine pencils, fine pencils, as ever were seen. O Mary! O Mary! your true love is dead, And he s sent you a letter to turn round your head. --Wales (_Byegones_, 1890). XI. Yellow gravel, yellow gravel, The grass is so green, The fairest young lady That ever was seen. O ----, O ----, Your true love is dead; I send you a letter to turn round your head. --Cowes, Isle of Wight (Miss E. Smith). XII.
2, and repeat the hopping, and so on through all the figures. There is no _kicking_ of the stone, as is usual in London.--Roxton, St. Neots (Miss Lumley). [Illustration: Fig. 1. Fig. 2. Fig. 3.
W. Gregor). At Duthil, Strathspey, this game goes by the name of Rexa-boxa-King. When the players have ranged themselves on one side of the playground, and the King has taken his stand in front of them, he calls out Rexa-boxa-King, or simply Rexa, when all the players rush to the other side. The rush from side to side goes on till all are captured. The one last captured becomes King in the next game.--Rev. W. Gregor. See Click.