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46 BUBBLE HOLE—BUCK, BUCK
several names before saying the right one, Ebenezer saying " No!" to all until the one is mentioned who last spoke.— Bitterne, Hants (Mrs. Byford).
Bubble-hole
A child's game, undescribed.—Halliwell's Dictionary.
Bubble-justice
The name of a game probably the same as " Nine Holes."—
Halliwell's Dictionary.
Buck, Buck
A boy stoops so that his arms rest on a table; another boy sits on him as he would on a horse. He then holds up (say) three fingers, and says—
Buck, buck, how many horns do I hold up ? The stooping boy guesses, and if he says a wrong number the other says—
[Two] you say and three there be; Buck, buck, how many horns do I hold up ? When the stooping boy guesses rightly the other says— [Four] you say and [four] there be; Buck, buck, rise up. The boy then gets off and stoops for the other one to mount, and the game is played again.—London (J. P. Emslie). Similar action accompanies the following rhyme:— Inkum, jinkum, Jeremy buck, Yamdy horns do au cock up ? Two tha ses, and three there is, Au'll lea'n thee to la'ke at Inkum.
—Almondbury (Easther's Glossary).
A different action occurs in other places. It is played by three boys in the following way:—One stands with his back to a wall; the second stoops down with his head against the stomach of the first boy, " forming a back; " the third jumps on it, and holds up his hand with the fingers distended, saying— Buck shee, buck shee buck, How many fingers do I hold up ? |
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