The Traditional Children's Games of England Scotland
& Ireland In Dictionary Form - Volume 1

With Tunes(sheet music), Singing-rhymes(lyrics), Methods Of Playing with diagrams and illustrations.

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	44	BOSS-OUT—BOYS AND GIRLS
	Boss-out A game at marbles. Strutt describes it as follows :—" One bowls a marble to any distance that he pleases, which serves as a mark for his antagonist to bowl at, whose business it is to hit the marble first bowled, or lay his own near enough to it for him to span the space between them and touch both the marbles. In either case he wins. If not, his marble remains where it lay, and becomes a mark for the first player, and so alternately until the game be won."—Sports', p. 384. Boss and Span The same as " Boss-out." It is mentioned, but not described, in Baker's NortJiamptonshire Glossary. Boys and Girls
	— The Dancing Master, 1728, vol. ii., p. 138. Boys, boys, come out to play, The moon doth shine as bright as day; Come with a whoop, come with a call, Come with a goodwill or don't come at all; Lose your supper and lose your sleep, So come to your playmates in the street. —Useful Transactions in Philosophy, p. 44. This rhyme is repeated when it is decided to begin any game, as a general call to the players. The above writer says