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ALLICOMGREENZIE—ALLIGOSHEE 7
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 Encyclopedia). No explanation is given of the name of this game.
See "Drop Handkerchief."
Alligoshee
I. Betsy Blue came all in black, Silver buttons down her back. Every button cost a crown, Every lady turn around. Alligoshi, alligoshee, Turn the bridle over my knee.
—Middleton (Burne's Shropshire Folk-lore, p. 523).
II. Barbara, Barbara, dressed in black, Silver buttons all up your back. Allee-go-shee, allee-go-shee, Turn the bridle over me.
—Shepscombe, Gloucestershire (Miss Mendham).
III. All-i-go-shee, alligoshee, Turn the bridle over my knee. My little man is gone to sea, When he comes back he'll marry me.
—Warwickshire (NorthalFs Folk Rhymes, p. 394).
IV. Darby's son was dressed in black, With silver buttons down his back. Knee by knee, and foot by foot, Turn about lady under the bush.
—Hersham, Surrey (Folk-lore Record, v. 87). |
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