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284 JIB-JOB-JEREMIAH—JINKIE
as indicated in the rhyme. Another rhyme for this amusement is—
A basket, a basket, a bonny penny basket,
A penny to you, and a penny to me, Turn about the basket.
—Chambers's Popular Rhymes, p. 123. See " Basket."
Jib-Job-Jeremiah
An undescribed Suffolk game.—Moor's Suffolk Words, p. 238.
Jiddy-cum-jiddy
A northern name for "See Saw."
Jingle-the-bonnet
A game in which two or more put a halfpenny each, or any piece of coin, into a cap or bonnet. After jingling or shaking them together, they are thrown on the ground; and he who has most heads when it is his turn to jingle, gains the stakes which were put into the bonnet.—Jamieson.
Halliwell (Dictionary) says this is a northern name for the game of "Shake Cap," and Brockett (North Country Words) speaks of it as a game much practised among the young pitmen and keelmen.
Jingo-ring
Here we go by jingo-ring, jingo-ring, jingo-ring, Here we go by jingo-ring, and round by merry-ma-tansy.
—Sporle, Norfolk (Miss Matthews).
Sung to the " Mulberry or " Ivy bush " tune. The children form a ring and dance round singing. At the last word they all fall down. See " Merry-ma-tansa.
Jinkie
A game among children, in which they run round a table trying to catch one whose business is by quick turns to elude them.—Jamieson. |
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