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LUG AND A BITE—LUGGIE |
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where a player has to lie stretched out on his back and declare, Here j lie
The length of a looby, The breadth of a booby, And three parts of a jackass. . The Scottish forms of the game bear on the theory of the game being grotesque. The fact of the players having both their arms extended at once, one behind and one in front of them, and the more frequent spinning round, suggest this. Then, too, there is the sudden " sit down " posture, when " all feet in " is required.
In the version given by Halliwell there is more difficulty in the game, and possibly more fun. This version shows the game to be cumulative, each player having to go through an additional antic for each verse sung. This idea only needs to be carried a little further to cause the players to be ridiculous in their appearance. This version would be more difficult to perform, and they would be exhausted by the process, and the constant motion of every member of the body. Attention, too, might be drawn to the word " Hinkumbooby" occurring in Chambers's version. Newell (Games, p. 131) mentions that some sixty years ago the game was danced deliberately and decorously, as old fashion was, with slow rhythmical movement.
Lug and a Bite
A boy flings an apple to some distance. All present race for it. The winner bites as fast as he can, his compeers lugging at his ears in the meantime, who bears it as well as he can, and then he throws down the apple, when the sport is resumed (Halliwell's Dictionary). Brogden's Lincolnshire Provincial Words says " Luggery-bite " is a game boys play with fruit. One bites the fruit, and another pulls his hair until he throws the fruit away. The game is also played in Lancashire (Reliqtiary).
See " Bob-Cherry."
Luggie
A boys' game. In this game the boys lead each other about |
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