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7o CLICK, CLOCK, CLUCK—COB |
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in the next game; if he fails, he has to go himself.—Marlborough, Wilts (H. S. May). See " Cock."
Click, Clock, Cluck
A man called Click came west from Ireland, A man called Click came west from Ireland, A man called Click came west from Ireland, Courting my Aunt Judy.
A man called Clock came west from.Ireland, A man called Clock came west from Ireland, A man called Clock came west from Ireland, Courting my Aunt Judy.
A man called Cluck came west from Ireland, A man called Cluck came west from Ireland, A man called Cluck came west from Ireland, Courting my Aunt Judy.
—Isle of Man (A. W. Moore).
These verses and the game are now quite forgotten, both in English and Manx. It was sung by children dancing round in a ring.
Clowt-clowt
"A kinde of playe called clowt-clowt, to beare about, or my hen hath layd."—Nomenclator, p. 299.
Clubby
A youthful game something like "Doddart."—Brockett's North Country Words.
Coal under Candlestick
A Christmas game mentioned in Declaration of Popish Impostures, p. 160.
Cob
A game at marbles played by two or three boys bowling a boss marble into holes made in the ground for the purpose, the number of which is generally four.—Baker's Northamptonshire Glossary. |
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