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spot, called Parley, is fixed upon at which the Spy stands till all the other players are hid, and to which he can run when pursued. When the players are hid, the cry, " Hospy," i.e.) " Ho! spy!" is raised by them. The Spy then sets out to find them. The moment he detects one he turns and runs with all his might to the Parley, pursued by the one he has discovered. If he is overtaken, he must carry on his back the pursuer to the Parley. The same thing is gone through till all the players are discovered.—Keith (Rev. W. Gregor).
Jamieson says, "' Hy Spy/ a game resembling ' Hide and Seek/ but played in a different manner. The station, which in England is called Home, is here the Den, and those who keep it are the Seekers, and are called the Ins. Those who.hide themselves, instead of crying ' Hoop/ as in England, cry ' Hy spy;' and they are denominated the Outs. The business of the Ins is, after the signal is given, to lay hold of the Outs before they can reach the den. The captive then becomes one of the Ins ; for the honour of the game consists in the privilege of hiding oneself." Jamieson adds, " Hy is still used in calling after a person, to excite attention, or when it is wished to warn him to get out of the way." Strutt describes it as " Harry-Racket," or "Hide and Seek" (Sports, p. 381).
At Cork two sides are chosen for Spy; one side hides while the other side hunts. When the hunters see one of the hidden
players, they call out, " I spy------," and the child's name. The
player called must run after the Spy and try to catch him before he reaches his Den; if he succeeds, the one caught must go to the opposite side of players, then next time the spies hide, and those who have been hiding, spy (Miss Keane). A more general form of the game is for one child to hide, and to make a noise in a disguised voice to give notice of his whereabouts, or to call out "Whoop ! " or " Coo ! " Until this noise or call is made, the searchers may not seek him. If when spied or discovered the hider cannot reach home before being-caught, he again has to hide (A. B. Gomme).
(b) In the parish church of Bawdrip is a monument to Edward Lovell, his wife Eleanor (nee Bradford), and their two daughters M aria and Eleanor. The inscription touching the latter is:— |
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