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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DRAB AND NORR—DRAW A PAIL OF WATER
Go out,------; who shall he be ?
------made a pudding,
She made it so sweet, And never stuck a knife in
Till------came to eat.
Taste, love, taste, love, don't say nay, For next Monday morning is your wedding day. He bought her a gown and a guinea gold ring, And a fine cocked hat to be married in.
—West Haddon, Northamptonshire ; Long Itchington, Warwickshire (Northa?its Notes and Queries, ii. 105).
III. Down in the valley the violets grow.
Dear little------, she blows like a rose.
She blows, she blows, she blows so sweet.
Come along in. Buy a shawl, buy a new black shawl, A bonnet trimmed with white and a new parasol. Oh dear, oh dear, what can I do, For next Monday morning is my wedding due.
—Shipley, Horsham ; Notes and Queries, 8th series, i. 210 (Miss Busk).
(b) The children form a ring by joining hands, one child standing in the centre. They dance round. At the mention of the second name one from the ring goes into the centre. The two kiss at the end of the verse, and the first child takes the place in the ring, and the game begins again.
See "All the Boys," " Oliver, Oliver, follow the King."
Drab and Norr
A game similar to " Trippit and Coit."—Halliwell's Diet.
Draw a Pail of Water
—Sporle, Norfolk (Miss Matthews).