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CROSS TIG—CUCKOO 83
asked and the answer he received, which have at the conclusion of the round to be stated aloud. Forfeits must be given if mistakes are made.—A. B. Gomme.
Cross Tig
One of the players is appointed to be Tig. He calls out the name of the one he intends to chase, and runs after him. Another player runs across between Tig and the fugitive, and then Tig runs after this cross-player until another player runs across between Tig and the fugitive; and so on. Each time a player crosses between Tig and the player he is following he leaves the original chase and follows the player who has crossed. When he captures, or, in some places, touches one of the players he is following, this player becomes Tig, and the game begins again.—Ireland (Miss Keane).
This game is known in and near London as "Cross Touch."
Cry Notchil
This is an old game where boys push one of their number into a circle they have made, and as he tries to escape push him back, crying, u No child of mine ! " (Leigh's Cheshire Glossary). He adds, " This may be the origin of the husband's disclaimer of his wife when he ' notchils ' her." To " cry notchil " is for a man to advertise that he will not be answerable for debts incurred by his wife.
Cuck-ball
A game at ball. The same as " Pize-ball." It is sometimes called "Tut-ball."—Addy's Sheffield Glossary.
See "Ball."
Cuckoo
A child hides and cries " Cuckoo." The seekers respond— Cuckoo cherry-tree, Catch a bird and bring it me.
—Burne's Shropshire Folk-lore, p. 222.
H alii well calls this a game at ball, and the rhyme runs— Cuckoo cherry tree, Catch a bird and bring it me; |
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