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362 LUKING—MAGIC WHISTLE
by the "lugs," i.e.y ears; hence the name (Patterson's Antrim and Down Glossary). Jamieson says that the leader had to repeat a rhyme, and if he made a mistake, he in turn became Luggie. The rhyme is not recorded.
Luking
The West Riding name for " Knor and Spell." Playing begins at Easter.—Henderson's Folk-lore, p. 84. See " Nur and Spell."
Mag
A game among boys, in which the players throw at a stone set up on edge.—Barnes (Dorset Glossary).
Magic Whistle
All the players but three sit on chairs, or stand in two long rows facing each other. One player sits at one end of the two rows as president; another player is then introduced into the room by the third player, who leads him up between the two rows. He is then told to kneel before the one sitting at the end of the row of players. When he kneels any ridiculous words or formula can be said by the presiding boy, and then he and those players who are nearest to the kneeling boy rub his back with their hands for two or three minutes. While they are doing this the boy who led the victim up to the president fastens a string, to which is attached a small whistle, to the victim's coat or jacket. It must be fastened in such a way that the whistle hangs loosely, and will not knock against his back. The whistle is then blown by the player who attached it, and the kneeling boy is told to rise and search for the Magic Whistle. The players who are seated in the chairs must all hold their hands in such a way that the victim suspects it is in their possession, and proceeds to search. The whistle must be blown as often as possible, and in all directions, by those players only who can do so without the victim being able to either see or feel that he is carrying the whistle with him.—London (A. B. Gomme).
This game is also called " Knight of the Whistle." The boy who is to be made a Knight of the Order of the Whistle, when |
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