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228 HORNIE HOLES—HORNS |
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fellow-men as his coadjutors in this work, I cannot pretend to determine."
See "Hunt the Staigie," " Whiddy."
Hornie Holes
A game in which four play, a principal and an assistant on each side. A. stands with his assistant at one hole, and throws what is called a Cat (a piece of stick, and frequently a sheep's horn), with the design of making it alight in another hole at some distance, at which B. and his assistant stand ready to drive it aside. The bat or driver is a rod resembling a walking-stick.
The following unintelligible rhyme is repeated by a player on the one side, while they on the other are gathering in the Cats, and is attested by old people as of great antiquity :—
Jock, Speak, and Sandy, W a' their lousy train Round about by Errinborra,
We'll never meet again. Gae head 'im, gae hang 'im,
Gae lay 'im in the sea; A' the birds o' the air Will bear him companee. With a nig-nag, widdy- [or worry-] bag, And an e'endown trail, trail;
Quoth he.
—Jamieson.
The game is also called " Kittie-cat."
See " Cat and Dog," " Cudgel," " Tip-cat."
Horns
" A' Horns to the Lift," a game of young people. A circle is formed round a table, and all placing their forefingers on the table, one cries, " A' horns to the lift! Cat's horns upmost! " If on this any one lift his finger, he owes a wad, as cats have no horns. In the same manner, the person who does not raise his fingers when a horned animal is named is subjected to a forfeit.—Jamieson. |
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