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GIPSY—GLED-WYLIE |
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He then counts one, two, three, four, &c, up to forty, having his eyes covered by his hands, and the others hide while he is saying the "nominy." At the conclusion he uncovers his eyes, and if he sees any boys not yet hidden they have to stand still. He seeks the rest, but if he moves far away from his place, called the "stooil" (stool), one of the hidden boys may rush out and take it, provided he can get there first. Should he fail in this he also has to stand aside; but if any one succeeds, then all run out as before, and the same boy has to say the " nominy " again. On the other hand, if he finds all the boys without loosing his "stooil," the boy first caught has to take his place and say the " nominy." The game was thus played in 1810, and is so still, both here and at Lepton.—Easther's Almondbury and H uddersfield Glossary.
Gipsy
I charge my children, every one,
To keep good house while I am gone. You, and you [points], but specially you
[or sometimes, but specially Sue], Or else I'll beat you black and blue. One child is selected for Gipsy, one for Mother, and one for Daughter Sue. The Mother says the lines, and points to several children to emphasise her words. During her absence the Gipsy comes in, entices a child away, and hides her. This process is repeated till all the children are hidden, when the mother has to find them.—Halliwell (Nursery Rhymes, p. 228). See "Mother, Mother, the Pot Boils Over," "Witch."
Gled-wylie
The name of a singular game played at country schools. One of the largest of the boys steals away from his comrades, in an angry-like mood, to some dykeside or sequestered nook, and there begins to work as if putting a pot on a fire. The others seem alarmed at his manner, and gather round him, when the following dialogue takes place:— They say first to him—
What are ye for wi' the pot, gudeman ? Say what are ye for wi' the pot ? |
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