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HAIRRY MY BOSSIE—HAN'-AND-HAIL 187
remember, too, a schoolfellow of mine drawing from his pocket some seven or eight pegs, the trophied memorials of as many tops.—London (J. P. Emslie).
See " Hoatie," « Hoges," " Peg-top."
Hairry my Bossie
This is a game of chance. The players are two, and may be boys or girls, or a boy and a girl. The stakes may be pins, buttons, marbles, or anything for which children gamble. One player puts a number, one, two, three or more, of the articles to be gambled for into the hollow of the closed hand, and says, " Hairry my bossie;" the other answers, " Knock 'im down," upon which he puts his closed hands down with a blow on his knees, and continues to strike them upwards and downwards on the knee, so as to give the opponent in play an idea of the number of objects concealed by the sound given forth. He then says, "How many blows?" and gets the reply, "As many's goes." A guess is then made. If the guess is correct the guesser gets the objects. If the guess is incorrect the guesser has to make up the difference between the number guessed and the real number. The players play alternately. This game was played for the most part at Christmas.—Keith (Rev. W. Gregor).
(b) Hairry = " rob," Bossie = " a wooden bowl," commonly used for making the leaven in baking oat-cakes, and for making " brose."
This is a very general game amongst schoolboys.
Half-Hammer
The game of " Hop-step-and-jump," Norfolk. This game is played in the west of Sussex, but not in the east. It is played thus by two or more boys. Each boy in his turn stands first on one leg and makes a hop, then strides or steps, and lastly, putting both feet together, jumps. The boy who covers the most ground is the victor.—Halliwell's Dictionary.
Han'-and-Hail
A game common in Dumfries, thus described by Jamieson. Two goals called hails, or dules, are fixed on at about a distance |
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